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Taiwan struggles with COVID-19 testing backlog amid largest outbreak Toggle share menu Advertisement Taiwan struggles with COVID-19 testing backlog amid largest outbreak FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel wearing protective gear, guide people at a rapid coronavirus testing center after the infection alert rose to level 3 in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) 27 May 2021 01:15PM (Updated: 27 May 2021 01:29PM) Share this content Bookmark TAIPEI: Facing Taiwan’s largest outbreak of the pandemic and looking for rapid virus test kits, the mayor of the is...

Facing Taiwan’s largest outbreak of the pandemic and looking for rapid virus test kits, the mayor of the island’s capital did what anyone might do: He Googled it. “If you don’t know, and you try to know something, please check Google,” Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je quipped. Praised for its success…

TAIPEI--Facing Taiwan’s largest outbreak of the pandemic and looking for rapid virus test kits, th

May 27, 2021 Share TAIPEI, Taiwan — Facing Taiwan’s largest outbreak of the pandemic and looking for rapid virus test kits, the mayor of the island’s capital did what anyone might do: He Googled it. “If you don’t know, and you try to know something, please check Google,” Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je quipped. Praised for its success at keeping the virus away for more than a year, Taiwan had until May recorded just 1,128 cases and 12 deaths. But the number of locally transmitted cases started growing this month and it soon became clear that the central government was ill prepared ...