New waves of the pandemic breach defences of Asian countries that had earlier contained it

Lu WenThe days of an ENT specialist in New Taipei City are divided into three parts these days. In the morning, Dr. Lee (pseudonym) carries out Covid-19 tests, usually testing about a 100 people in four hours. In the afternoon, he splits his time between checking on 10 hospitalized symptomatic patients, and examining asymptomatic patients in quarantine.While doctors around the world have been working hard to treat Covid-19 patients since last