Taiwan raises Covid alert level nationwide as infections increase
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from on (#5J07G)
Authorities impose mask-wearing and limit gatherings after outbreak spreads to half of island's counties
The whole of Taiwan will move into level 3 of its four-tier coronavirus alert system, after cases spread to more than half the island's counties, infecting more than 1,300 people and killing two.
Health experts have expressed concern that Taiwan has been a victim of its own success" and was caught short by the outbreak of the UK variant, with outdated preparations.
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