Parents in Taiwan drop off their children to school, as students return after the Lunar New Year holidays amid a surge in local Covid infections. "Personally I am quite optimistic about the situation of the pandemic. But because the children have all not been vaccinated, as a parent we worry," says one parent. Taiwan's government is on high alert after the holiday season and has re-implemented a series of tightening measures to contain the spread of the virus, even though overall numbers remain relatively low. Taiwan has begun vaccinating children above 12 years old but has no plans yet to expand the programme to younger children. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES