People wear masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei after the Covid-19 alert level was raised to level 3. However in the past week, the 24 million-strong population has been hit with its worst outbreak in 18 months. And New Zealand, which was held up alongside Taiwan as examplars of how to handle the Covid pandemic, has had a total of 2646 cases and 26 deaths. Workers wear face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan. Until then, the race is on for Taiwan to stamp out the remaining Covid-19 cases once again.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 16, 2021 16:52 UTC