Lax cargo crew quarantine, 'wild card' to blame for Taiwan's Covid-19 spike, East Asia News & Top Stories


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TAIPEI - Just a little over a month ago, nobody in Taiwan was anticipating a fresh Covid-19 outbreak, much less one occurring a whole year after the pandemic had been dealt with. But on Friday (May 21), Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) reported 312 new locally transmitted cases and three imported ones, the seventh consecutive day the island has had over 100 local cases. "One of the main problems Taiwan is facing is having been too successful (in containing Covid-19), it's been missing out on all the struggles other countries have experienced, so it has a lot of catching...