nytimes May 21, 2021 1:00am Taiwan Faces a Surge in New Covid-19 Infections #coronavirusrisksandsafetyconcerns #coronavirus2019ncov #vaccinationandimmunization #astrazenecaplc #chinaairlines #modernainc #academiasinica #chenshihchung #taiwan #taipeitaiwan #news ‘This Day Was Bound to Come’: Taiwan Confronts a Covid Flare-Up The island’s border controls had shielded it from the worst of the pandemic. But new variants and slow vaccinations gave the virus an opening.