New waves of the pandemic breach defences of Asian countries that had earlier contained it
Medical workers with a PPE kit at a Covid-19 testing centre in Wanhua, Taipei, following a surge of domestic cases and deaths in Taipei.
Synopsis
The emergence of more infectious variants and sluggish vaccination resulted in the spike. On the one hand, previously effective protocols such as ring-fencing, contact tracing, and quarantine were unable to prevent rapid transmission. On the other, the low uptake of vaccines worsened the impact.
Lu Wen The days of an ENT specialist in New Taipei City are divided into three parts these days. In the morning, Dr. Lee (pseudonym) carries out Covid-19 tests, usually testing about a 100 people in four hours. In the afternoon, he splits his time between checking on 10 hospitalized symptomatic patients, and examining asymptomatic patients in quarantine. While doctors around the world have been working hard to treat Covid-19 patients since last
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Caixin Global
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