Taiwan Steps up COVID-19 Alert, Shutters Non-Essential Workplaces
Mask-wearing is compulsory indoors and outdoors, and social gatherings are strictly limited. A local resident listens to a medical staff before queueing up for the COVID-19 virus testing at the Wanhua District in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2021. -AFP The democratic island of Taiwan on Wednesday moved into a Level 3 coronavirus alert as a community outbreak…