FOCUS: COVID-19 blunders leave Taiwan government scrambling


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By Ko Shu-ling, KYODO NEWS - 11 minutes ago - 15:28 | All , World , Coronavirus In April, Taiwan was the toast of the international community for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. While hundreds of millions were infected worldwide, and millions died, Taiwan went 250 days without a single local case, allowing the island's 23.5 million residents to live largely normal lives without lockdowns or even school closures. The Democratic Progressive Party-led government of President Tsai Ing-wen was widely credited for its quick implementation of pandemic response protocols that combined strict border controls, mandatory quarantines and contact tracing....