Focus Taiwan
Date: 05/03/2020
By: Chang Ming-hsuan and Chiang Yi-ching
Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) recently sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) asking to participate in the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), but has yet to receive a reply, an MOHW official said Sunday.
The ministry sent a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asking to take part in the upcoming WHA, the decision-making body of the WHO, Liu Li-ling (劉麗玲), an official in the MOHW's Office of International Cooperation, told CNA.
Liu said the letter emphasized Taiwan's contributions to global health and the country's achievements in containing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus disease.
The letter was sent "recently," Liu said, though no answer has yet been received from the WHO.
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