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World Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food Taiwanese rush to buy food essentials inside a grocery store in Taipei on May 15. (Ritchie B Tongo/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) By Lily Kuo May 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. UTC TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan limited gatherings and ordered entertainment businesses closed as it raised its coronavirus alert in the capital to the second highest level to contain a new surge in locally transmitted covid-19 cases. arrow-right Taiwan’s Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said in a briefing on Saturday that Taipei and the surrounding city, New Taipei City, accounting for a...
