How South Korea and Taiwan are beating coronavirus

What can we learn from how the two nations responded?

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As countries across the planet battle coronavirus, two have emerged with encouraging results. South Korea and Taiwan have both produced promising statistics in recent days.

As of Tuesday, Taiwan had just 47 cases and one death resulting from Covid-19, despite its proximity to China, where the virus emerged. In China, 80,754 cases and 3,136 deaths have been attributed to coronavirus.

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