Lockdowns and panic-buying in Taiwan as Covid cases rise

Country widely considered to have had one of best pandemic responses now racing to contain outbreak

Taiwan reported 206 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, breaking the previous day’s record high of 180 as authorities brought in partial lockdown measures in two major cities in a bid to contain the virus. .

The outbreak, which began about three weeks ago among employees of the national airline and a connected quarantine hotel, has now produced about 85% of Taiwan’s total number of locally transmitted cases since the pandemic began.

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Source: The Guardian