THE RIGHT CONDITIONS: Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je said that Beijing ignoring anything that might make it look bad delays response to dangerous outbreaks in China

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 24, 2020
By: Lin Chia-nan and Chen Ching-min  /  Staff reporters

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday lodged a protest with the WHO for listing a coronavirus infection in Taiwan as part of China’s infection cases.

The WHO on Wednesday released a situation report on the novel coronavirus — first reported in Wuhan, China — following the first on Tuesday.

In the second report, Taiwan’s only infection case was listed as from “Taiwan, China,” alongside Hubei, Guangdong and other provinces of China.

The ministry said in a statement that it has instructed the Geneva office of the Taipei Cultural and Economic Delegation in Switzerland to file a solemn protest with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and demand a correction of the nation’s name.    [FULL  STORY]