COVID-19: Outbreak upsets nation’s virus response calculationsAP, TAIPEIFacing Taiwan’s largest COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began and looking for rapid virus test kits, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) did what anyone might do: He searched for it online. A police officer, right, is pictured in personal protective equipment at a rapid COVID-19 screening station at New Taipei City’s Losheng (Happy Life) Sanatorium. Experts say that rapid tests are a critical tool in catching the virus in its early days. “You’re basically running against time.”With so few cases, Taiwan had been a bubble of normalcy for most of the pandemic. The government has not encouraged rapid tests, which are quicker and cheaper, but potentially less accurate.

Source: Taipei Times May 28, 2021 15:56 UTC