Brothels in teahouses: This is how Taiwan's anti-Covid defenses were broken

After more than a year of tranquility, of practically normal life, of living with international praise, it is not easy to start from scratch. As if all the 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 less than five new positives a day to more than 300.

No one in Taiwan expected the worst outbreak it has ever experienced to arrive by surprise