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Taiwan will quarantine 700 sailors after three came down with the coronavirus following a mission to a nearby Pacific island. 

The sailors diagnosed with COVID-19 shared close quarters on their ship, but the country made the decision to quarantine all sailors on three vessels that traveled to Palau in March, Reuters reported. 

Taiwan is credited with keeping coronavirus cases below 400 by implementing strict measures in the early stages of the outbreak to contain the spread. The country has reported just six deaths.