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The Chinese claim to Taiwan, which split with the mainland in 1949, is an "insurmountable red line," the country’s Foreign Minister said.
The Swiss government opposes the measure and instead backs requiring people to show their faces if requested to do so by authorities.
The challenge is made doubly difficult by fears of harming ordinary citizens who were already suffering from an economic slump worsened by the pandemic.
The death toll from the virus has reached 13,205 with 39 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
