In Taiwan, the death rate per 1,000,000 is 456, versus Canada’s 1,185 and a rate of 3,135 in the United States
in 2003 and the 64 deaths it caused, transparency by authorities imposing the restrictions and a high level of trust, health leaders told a group of international journalists this week.
Some sheen has lately come off Taiwan’s COVID experience, once among the most impressive anywhere. But even with relatively large outbreaks during the spread of the easily transmissible Omicron variant, the death rate per 1,000,000 is 456, versus Canada’s 1,185 and a rate of 3,135 in the United States, according toThe country has for the last two and a half years all but closed its borders to non-citizens, and required anyone entering the island to quarantine for as long as two weeks at a time.
Lo said less than five per cent of Taiwanese object to being vaccinated. Part of the motivation comes from memories of “catastrophic” SARS 19 years ago, he said, though Toronto also had a major SARS outbreak, with 43 deaths.Article content That’s a contrast to China’s stringent zero-COVID policy that has forced millions of people to stay home to prevent spread of the virus, triggering rare protests in the authoritarian state and undermining the country’s economy.
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