Taiwan postpones referendums as it continues to battle Covid-19 surge

Taiwan will postpone four referendums due to be held next month because of fears about the spread of Covid-19, the election commission said on Friday, as the government raced to contain a new outbreak at a Taipei wholesale food market.Taiwan has been dealing with a cluster of community infections since mid-May, but numbers had begun stabilising in recent weeks and are still comparatively low.Taiwan’s election commission said that four referendums scheduled for August 28 would be postponed until…

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