Taiwan will not enter Shanghai-like lockdown despite rise in COVID cases, PM says


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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will not enter a Shanghai-style lockdown to control a rise in domestic COVID-19 cases because the vast majority of those infected show no or only minor symptoms, it said on Saturday. Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, promising to continue to open up. Taiwan has been facing a spike in local cases since the start of the year, but the overall number remains low – 18,436 since January 1 for a population of around 23 million – and only four people have died. Buoyed by high vaccination rate, government promotes ‘new Taiwan model’, learning to live with virus...