Lockdowns and panic-buying in Taiwan as Covid cases rise
Country widely considered to have had one of best pandemic responses now racing to contain outbreak
Taiwan reported 206 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, breaking the previous day’s record high of 180.
The outbreak, which began about three weeks ago among employees of the national airline and a connected quarantine hotel, has now produced about 85% of Taiwan’s total number of locally transmitted cases since the pandemic began.