Taiwan just went 200 days without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case. Here's how they did it CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua Berlinger

Taiwan just went 200 days without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case. Here's how they did it CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua Berlinger (cnn.com)

Taiwan just went 200 days without a locally transmitted Covid-19 case. Here's how they did it CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua Berlinger

(CNN)As much of the world struggles to contain new waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwan just marked its 200th consecutive day without a locally transmitted case of the disease.

Taipei's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been one of the world's most effective. The island of 23 million people last reported a locally transmitted case on April 12, which was Easter Sunday. As of Thursday, it had confirmed 553 cases -- only 55 of which were local transmissions. Seven deaths have been recorded.
Easter was an important milestone in the United States because President Donald Trump had said a month earlier he wanted the country "opened up and just raring to go" by the holiday.
 
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