Taiwan, home to 24 million people, has fared better than many of its neighbors during the pandemic. The island went 253 days without a new case in 2020 before an outbreak this year led to more than 14,000 infections and 823 deaths between May and October, though officials never enforced a full lockdown. Donggang, a fishing hub of 43,000 people, has recorded just three cases in the past year and none in five months, even as the delta variant spread in surrounding towns. To many, this is eence that the last boat-burning ceremony, in 2018, worked.
Taiwan boat-burning festival aims to ward off sickness. Can it end the coronavirus pandemic?
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