Taiwan’s efforts to contain COVID-19 recognized by participants of first senior officials’ meeting this year

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/02/27
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Thursday (Feb. 27) that Taiwan participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2020's First Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM1) last week and was recognized for its preventive measures against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).

At the regular press conference Tuesday, Sun Jian-yuan (孫儉元), deputy director of MOFA's Department of International Organizations, said that a team led by department head Bob Chen (陳龍錦) attended the meeting held in Malaysia between Feb. 20 and Feb. 22. He said that Taiwan had the chance to talk about the country's epidemic prevention results and received high praise from the attending delegations.    [FULL  STORY]