(CNN) As much of the world struggles to contain new waves of the Covid-19 pandemic , Taiwan just marked its 200th consecutive day without a locally transmitted case of the disease. The island of 23 million people last reported a locally transmitted case on April 12, which was Easter Sunday. On Friday, those figures had passed 45 million cases and more than 1.1 million deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. Instead, Taiwan's response focused on speed . JUST WATCHED Learning from Taiwan's Covid-19 response Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Learning from Taiwan's Covid-19 response 07:07Taiwan also had experience on its side.

Source: CNN October 30, 2020 03:45 UTC