After sealing borders for two years, Taiwan may have to consider living with Covid-19


For those looking to travel for leisure or business, the island is one of the hardest places to enter in the age of Covid-19.- Reuters

TAIPEI (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Taiwan's zero-case policy in dealing with Covid-19 has drawn doubts and criticisms about its practicality in recent months, as many countries enter the third year of the pandemic treating the virus as endemic and opening their borders.

In January, when asked about the next steps in containing Covid-19 amid a surge of local infections, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said: "The goal is still to get back to zero."

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