Taiwan tightens restrictions after new domestic COVID-19 cases

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Taiwan’s government on Tuesday tightened rules on public gatherings after reporting six new domestic COVID-19 cases with no clear source of infection, a rare rise on the island which has kept the pandemic well under control. | Reuters

In this photo taken on April 1, 2021, tourists from Taiwan get their temperature taken following their arrival in Koror, after Taiwan and Palau launched a rare holiday travel bubble to kickstart their battered tourist industries after successfully keeping Covid-19 infections at bay.

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s government on Tuesday tightened rules on public gatherings after reporting six new domestic COVID-19 cases with no clear source of infection, a rare rise on the island which has kept the pandemic well under control. Taiwan largely closed its borders early on in the pandemic and has a robust contact tracing and quarantine system, meaning its low case numbers – 1,210 infections to date including 12 deaths – have allowed life to carry on more or less as normal.and at a hotel where some of them stayed, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told reporters they had confirmed six new cases with no clear source of infection.

Five of these are in the northeastern county of Yilan and one in New Taipei, which surrounds the capital Taipei. None have a recent history of overseas travel, Chen added.

 

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