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I'm scared of Corona virus because it's very contagious.
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In most countries, this is how Corona virus cases look like higher, higher and higher.
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It looks impossible to stop, but there is one country that put an end to Corona virus and made it completely flat entirely by itself.
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And no one is talking enough about this country.
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This is the story of Taiwan.
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One of the closest countries to China, but surprisingly, one with very little Coronavirus.
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In Taiwan, only 429 people got infected.
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Only six people died, and for the last 17 days, zero local cases were reported zero.
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And best of all, Taiwan did not lock down the country.
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The schools remained open, shops remained open and the economy remained open.
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Even sports events continue, but without the fans, because people were social distancing.
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In Taiwan, people took this very seriously from the beginning, and everybody did their part to wear mask and social distance.
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This'll is impressive, but not surprising.
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Taiwan was one off the first demand flights from Wuhan, the first to test people, the first to take Corona virus seriously before anyone else did.
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And here's the crazy part.
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All of this they did alone.
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Most nations do not recognize Taiwan as a country, and the world health organization doesn't either for political reasons, which means that they don't get much help from other countries during this tragedy.
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Yet despite that, they succeeded and beat Corona virus alone, and now they're helping other countries do it, too.
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They shipped 17 million masks to the United States, to Europe, to the Philippines, to Japan and even to the small island nation of Fiji.
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Yes, FIJI!
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Even though we may not be recognized as a country, we're still a part of the global community, and we're here to help.
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Taiwan can help.
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It's easy to lose hope when you look at the world map and look at the infection rates.
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But at least for this minute, look at Taiwan.
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No local infections, no outbreak, no panic and no lock down.
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Hi, I am Tsai Ing-wen.
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President of Taiwan, and the first woman president of Taiwan.
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Taiwan is a free, democratic open, an amazing place.
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Not many people recognize Taiwan as a country because of politics, but this time everyone should recognize Taiwan as a hero.