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Eight Asia-Pacific cities, led by Auckland, New Zealand, have made it to the top 10 of the Economist Intelligence Unit s annual ranking of the
world’s most liveable cities, helped in no small part by more effective pandemic responses in the region.
However, European cities saw a marked fall down the ranks, primarily because of prolonged lockdowns and significant pressure on healthcare infrastructure. Cities across the world are now much less liveable than they were before the pandemic began, and we’ve seen that regions such as Europe have been hit particularly hard, the EIU said in a statement.
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Authorities have raised the coronavirus alert level for Taipei to Level 3 for the first time, amid a spike in domestic COVID infections. All the latest with DW.