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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.
Amy Qin and Amy Chang Chien, The New York Times
Published: 14 Mar 2021 10:50 AM BdST
Updated: 14 Mar 2021 10:50 AM BdST A crowded bar in downtown Taipei, Taiwan on March 12, 2021. Taiwan has been an oasis during the coronavirus pandemic as the relatively few people who are allowed to enter the country have been coming in droves, and have helped to fuel an economic boom. (Ashley Pon/The New York Times)
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Every day, droplets fly with abandon in packed restaurants, bars and cafes. Office buildings hum, and schools resound with the shrieks and laughter of maskless children. In October, a Pride parade drew an estimated 130,000 people to the streets of this capital city. Rainbow masks were abundant; social distancing, not so much.
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