Taiwan faces largest Covid-19 outbreak yet as boy, two, becomes youngest victim

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)

Taiwan, which had been living mostly free of Covid-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic with over 11,000 new cases reported on Thursday.

Cases have been on the upswing since late March.