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Taiwan reported 206 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, breaking the previous day’s record high of 180 . 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. The sudden rise in cases in a country widely considered to have had one of the world’s leading pandemic responses has prompted partial lockdown measures in two cities including the capital, Taipei, and sent worried residents indoors, clearing usually busy shopping districts and temples. At...
