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Taiwan’s Covid Cases Soar Past 10,000 in Test of Safe Haven
- New local infections doubled in the previous three days
- Officials want to reopen while avoiding uncontrolled spread
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Taiwan’s Covid-19 cases spiked sharply to more than 10,000 on Thursday, doubling in a matter of days, even as the government seeks to avoid imposing widespread restrictions that could harm the economy.
The number of domestic infections rose to 11,353, health minister Chen Shih-chung said at a briefing in Taipei on Thursday. That’s up from 5,108 on Monday and 2,969 a week ago, according to government data.