China's lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 are 'cruel' and Taiwan will not follow suit, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday.
Commuters, wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease , ride the Taipei Metro subway in New Taipei, Taiwan April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Annabelle ChihTAIPEI, May 1 - China's lockdowns to control the spread of COVID-19 are "cruel" and Taiwan will not follow suit, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Sunday.
But with more than 99% of those having mild or no symptoms, a handful of deaths so far and high vaccination levels, the government has moved to ease restrictions as it seeks normalcy and to gradually reopen the island of 23 million people to the outside world.Taiwan's giant neighbour China, by contrast, has enacted tough lockdowns in Shanghai and tightened controls in capital Beijing.
"We will not lock down the country and cities as cruelly as China," he said, adding Taiwan's methods were "gradual".China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, and the two have rarely missed an opportunity to exchange barbs during the pandemic.
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