TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Taiwan dramatically upped its estimate for how much it would spend helping the economy deal with the impact of the coronavirus to US$35 billion (S$49.9 billion) on Wednesday (April 1), and said it would donate 10 million face masks to the most needy countries.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI - Taiwan dramatically upped its estimate for how much it would spend helping the economy deal with the impact of the coronavirus to US$35 billion on Wednesday , and said it would donate 10 million face masks to the most needy countries.
"We expect the scale of these two stimulus steps will in total reach NT$1.05 trillion," Ms Tsai said from the presidential office. Taiwan has repeatedly offered to share its knowledge and experience with the world as part of its"Taiwan can help" campaign, and Ms Tsai said this now would entail tangible actions including the donation of masks.
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