Only 81 miles from mainland China, the island state of Taiwan and its nearly 24 million residents faced a dire threat as the novel coronavirus broke out in Wuhan, China, late last year.
But instead of fueling pandemonium, the country has taken control of the situation. Taiwan has only 77 confirmed cases and a single death from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus, and nearly 30% of infected people have recovered. China, by comparison, has about 81,000 confirmed cases.
China is one of the largest countries by population, with 1.4 billion people to Taiwan’s nearly 24 million. Still, China’s per-capita case rate is more than 25 times Taiwan’s.
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