Taiwan cancels more events as local COVID-19 cases rise


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks at a market in Taipei, Taiwan, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has cancelled or postponed more large-scale events after a rare outbreak of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases connected to a hospital, where the military has been sent to help with disinfection.

Taiwan, which has kept the pandemic well under control thanks to early and effective prevention methods, has been rattled by new domestic transmissions, first in December and now in a hospital in the northern city of Taoyuan.

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