In Taiwan, the pandemic often felt far away until it wasn t Quartz 1 hr ago Leslie Nguyen-Okwu © Provided by Quartz A person dressed in protective suit walks down a street following the recent surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Ambulance sirens pierced the air. Businesses slammed their doors shut. High-speed trains hurtled past the city banned from making stops inside the capital.
As a foreign correspondent in Taiwan, I watched in shock as Taipei battened down the hatches during a recent drill. After a year of virus-free bliss, long after the pandemic was first declared globally, I was suddenly in one of the world’s last places to head toward lockdown.
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