Taiwan, Hailed For Its Pandemic Response, Now Faces A Covid-19 Surge Amid Slow Vaccine Rollout


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Share to Linkedin Topline An unexpected surge in Covid-19 cases over the past week has forced authorities in Taiwan to impose a partial lockdown for the first time during the pandemic as the island scrambles to secure more vaccine doses and speed up its sluggish rollout that has only seen about 1% of its entire population get fully inoculated. Disinfectioner sprays disinfection in the street in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan. NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Facts Taiwan, which has been viewed as a model for effectively limiting the local spread of Covid-19, has reported 762 new cases in the past...