Taiwan Today
Date: July 07, 2020
TAITRA Chairman James C. F. Huang (center) is joined by officials and medical personnel at a virtual coronavirus-combating seminar for Africa staged in conjunction with NTUH July 6 in Taipei City. (Courtesy of TAITRA)
Supported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the event detailed the Taiwan Model and core components such as border controls, 14-day quarantines and surgical mask allocations, as well as hospital procedures for curtailing transmission of the virus first reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
A total of 361 health officials and medical personnel from ally Kingdom of Eswatini and 12 other nations took part. These were Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda.
TAITRA Chairman James C. F. Huang said such seminars demonstrate Taiwan Can Help strengthen Africa’s response to the pandemic. Sharing the country’s experiences in battling the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome is also of great instructional value, he added. [FULL STORY]
