Govt asserts that keeping Taipei out of WHO amounts to playing politics with Taiwanese lives. FMTNews WHO Taiwan Covid19 Coronavirus Epidemic
Health minister says Taiwan had fortunately begun screening passengers flying in from Wuhan in December.
Taiwan’s government has said that keeping it out of the WHO during the outbreak amounts to playing politics with Taiwanese lives, and it has been denied access to first-hand information. Both the WHO and China say Taiwan has been provided with the help it needs. Health Minister Chen Shih-chung, sitting next to Chou, said Taiwan had fortunately decided that same day to begin screening passengers flying in from Wuhan, and activated its emergency operations centre on Jan 2 – a move experts say allowed Taiwan to effectively control the early spread of the virus.
The WHO, in a statement to Reuters, did not directly address the issue of Taiwan being ignored, but said its office in China was informed of the “pneumonia of unknown cause” on Dec. 31.
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