Covid 19 coronavirus: David Seymour - Why our pandemic response can and should be like Taiwan s
7 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
4 minutes to read
Shoppers in Taipei s Dihua St market on February 10, 2021. Photo / AP
NZ Herald
OPINION Jamie Morton s report (Three reasons we can t be Taiwan, March 5), is welcome because it compared our Covid response with the best. This is the way to set expectations, not self-serving comparisons with the worst, such as Friday s mysterious prime ministerial mediation on France.
The article rightly acknowledged Taiwan s exceptional Covid response. They achieved 12 times fewer deaths per capita than us, without lockdowns. This despite being as close to China as Whangārei is to Auckland, and with a population density nearly 40 times ours.
Taiwan, Palau mulling COVID-19 rapid testing to facilitate travel bubble focustaiwan.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from focustaiwan.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Taiwan reports 10th COVID-19 death, 7 new imported cases focustaiwan.tw - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from focustaiwan.tw Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CECC reports nation s 10th virus death taipeitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from taipeitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.