TAIPEI, April 14 — Taiwan today reported no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than a month, in the latest sign that the island's early and effective prevention methods have paid off. Taiwan has won plaudits from health experts for how it has fought the virus, including...
Dummies replaced audience due to the outbreak of Covid-19 at the first professional baseball league game of the season at Taoyuan International baseball stadium in Taoyuan city, Taiwan April 11, 2020. — Reuters pic
Taiwan has won plaudits from health experts for how it has fought the virus, including starting as early as December 31 checks on passengers arriving from China's Wuhan city, where the first cases were reported late last year. “Of course, we hope it has passed,” Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told a news conference, referring to the virus on the island. “But we still need to be on our guard. Of course we feel happy at no new cases today.”
The number of people discharged after they were diagnosed with the coronavirus has reached 124, Taiwan's government added.
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