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Taiwan Orders up to 5,000 People to Quarantine in Virus Outbreak

The Taoyuan General Hospital, where a cluster of Covid-19 coronavirus infections were detected, on Jan. 19.Photographer: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

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By Samson Ellis and Raymond Wu

January 24, 2021 at 12:49 PM UTC

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Taiwan’s health authorities have implemented their broadest lockdown measures yet in an effort to keep a widening outbreak of Covid-19 from spiraling out of control.