Taiwan records low excess mortality rate during COVID-19 pandemic

Taiwan has recorded the world's second lowest excess mortality rate -- a way to evaluate the efficacy of disease control -- during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday, citing British newspaper The Economist.

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