How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defense

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《時代雜誌》報導的標題為：

「虛假安全感及小私密茶，如何攻破台灣

疫情防線」（How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defenses）。

How a False Sense of Security, and a Little Secret Tea, Broke Down Taiwan's COVID-19 Defenses

Health care workers at a temporary COVID-19 rapid testing site in Taipei on May 17, 2021.

 

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BY MICHAEL ZENNIE AND GLADYS TSAI / TAIPEI

MAY 21, 2021 12:02 PM EDT

All it took to break down the world’s most vaunted COVID-19 defense was a little secret tea.

After almost 18 months of nearly unblemished success keeping the coronavirus pandemic at bay—including the world’s longest streak of case-free days—Taiwan is now in the grip of its first major COVID-19 surge. Total cases, which had been below 1,300 through the entire pandemic, have surged to more than 3,100 in the span of a week. Many offices have sent workers home, the streets of the capital Taipei have cleared out and the government has begun scrambling to secure vaccines to improve one of the worst inoculation rates in the developed world.