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LUCAS DE LA CAL
Asia Correspondent
Beijing
Updated Tuesday, 25May2021-01: 05
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The Correspondent's Look The mirage of success: infections are now soaring in Taiwan and Singapore
After more than a year of tranquility, practically normal life, living with international praise, it is not easy to start from scratch.
As if all efforts had been for nothing.
As of May, the pandemic had left fewer than 1,200 infections and 12 deaths in Taiwan.
Today, the number of infections exceeds 4,000.
In 20 days they have gone from having fewer
than five new positives a day to more than 300.
No one expected Taiwan's worst outbreak to come by surprise
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