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Taiwan only affected country not invited to WHO coronavirus discussion

Results of meeting to be announced Thursday (Jan. 23) morning

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/01/22
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Rail travelers in Wuhan Wednesday.  (AP photo)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan is the only country with a case of China coronavirus that has not been invited to a World Health Organization (WHO) discussion of the outbreak, reports said Wednesday (Jan. 22).

The island confirmed Tuesday (Jan. 21) that a businesswoman who had returned from Wuhan was its first case of coronavirus.

The WHO was planning an emergency meeting and had invited the United States, Thailand, Japan and South Korea, but not Taiwan, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The discussion would center on whether to design the coronavirus as an international health emergency, five of which occurred throughout the organization’s history, CNA reported.
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