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• 台灣報告4月以來首例本地傳播新冠病例。中央流行疫情指揮中心週二表示，感染者是一名30多歲的女性，上週與一名從美國抵台的飛機工人接觸，週日被證實感染。新病例給這個迄今為止避免了大規模封鎖、只有少數死亡病例的島嶼帶來了一絲焦慮。此前，台灣共錄得確診病例770例，其中絕大部分是境外輸入病例，死亡病例七例。
Taiwan on Tuesday reported its first case of local coronavirus transmission in eight months, creating some anxiety on the island, which has so far avoided lockdowns and had only a handful of Covid-19 deaths.
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“每天都是關鍵” ： 韓國與新冠病毒的背水之戰。韓國在今年大部分時間裡曾被視為其他國家的抗疫榜樣，但最近，新冠感染病例激增，這製造了一個瓶頸，使衛生官員們難以將有限的病床分配給病人。如果感染病例沒有得到控制，醫院面臨的壓力繼續惡化，政府可能會首次採取三級限制措施，這是韓國在不封城情況下級別最高的保持社交距離規定。
"...A quiet fear has taken hold in South Korea, which for much of the year was held up as a model for the rest of the world. The government is weighing whether to impose a set of restrictions just short of lockdown for the first time if cases cannot be brought under control. Seoul banned gatherings larger than five people.
“Unlike in the past, this time the virus seems to pop up everywhere and no place is safe,” said Myeong Hae-kyung, a chief nurse in Daegu..."
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