Is Covid success story Taiwan on brink of an outbreak?

Authorities considering upping alert level as cluster of untraced domestic infections reported

Commuters wearing face masks board a train in Taipei
Commuters board a train in Taipei
(Image credit: An Rong Xu/Getty Images)

Taiwan has been held up as an example of how to tackle Covid since the pandemic began, with the island nation avoiding large outbreaks and the type of restrictions imposed elsewhere across the globe.

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