Taiwan was a COVID-19-free haven—then the virus snuck back in


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Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today . Taiwan, the self-governing territory off the coast of mainland China, announced on Tuesday that it would cancel an annual festival related to the upcoming Chinese New Year holidays after it confirmed four new COVID-19 cases. Four new cases would be celebrated as an exceptionally low number in much of the world, but the outbreak represents Taiwan’s largest in months. Since the onset of the pandemic, Taiwan's 23.8 million citizens have lived relatively free of coronavirus, recording just 870...