Taiwan imposes strict social curbs to stem its worst Covid outbreak


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Messenger Messenger WhatsApp Telegram Taiwan, which has been among the most successful globally at containing Covid-19, has introduced two weeks of strict social distancing measures as it reported more than 200 new cases in its first significant community outbreak of the virus. The move was a shock for the country which has recorded some of the lowest case counts per capita, with just 1,682 cases and 12 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Its successful containment of the virus has afforded its residents largely normal lives amid the widespread disruption of coronavirus elsewhere. But Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s president, was...