Lockdowns and panic-buying in Taiwan as Covid cases rise
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from on (#5HWC4)
Country widely considered to have had one of best pandemic responses now racing to contain outbreak
Taiwan reported 206 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, breaking the previous day's record high of 180.
The outbreak, which began about three weeks ago among employees of the national airline and a connected quarantine hotel, has now produced about 85% of Taiwan's total number of locally transmitted cases since the pandemic began.
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