Taipei Times
Date: Mar 13, 2020
By: Chang Hsuan-che and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Vice President Chen Chien-jen, left, helps plant a sapling yesterday in Taichung to mark Arbor Day.
Photo: Chang Hsuan-che, Taipei Times
Chen, an epidemiologist by training, made the remark at a tree-planting event in Taichung.
On Tuesday, Chen said on Facebook that WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ warning to nations that the mortality rate of the disease was increasing was empty, as Tedros failed to look at individual nations’ testing policies.
“When you see the number of confirmed patients decreasing and the mortality rate increasing, you should pay attention to how that nation is conducting tests,” Chen said.
The number of confirmed cases is related not only to the nation’s population, but also virus test coverage, he said. [FULL STORY]
