Covid 19 coronavirus: Covid? What Covid? Taiwan thrives as a bubble of normality
14 Mar, 2021 09:32 PM
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Masks, temperature checks and hand sanitising are common in Taipei and the rest of Taiwan. Otherwise, life has been startlingly normal. Photo / Ashley Pon, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Amy Qin and Amy Chang Chien
The island has used its pandemic success to sell something scarce: life without fear of the coronavirus. Citizens have flocked home from abroad, helping to fuel an economic boom.
As the coronavirus has upended lives
and economies around the world, Taiwan has been an oasis.