Radio Taiwan International
Date: 30 January, 2020
By: Paula Chao

The foreign ministry is calling on the WHO to invite Taiwanese experts to events aimed at preventing epidemics.

The WHO has called two meetings to discuss an outbreak of a novel coronavirus centered in China. The outbreak has killed at least 170 and spread to at least 16 other countries, including Taiwan.

On Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou said that Taiwan’s exclusion from these meetings is regrettable. She said political considerations should not take precedence over the right of Taiwan’s 23 million people to health. Taiwan has so far recorded eight confirmed cases of infection.

Ou said that given Taiwan’s place on the front line against the coronavirus’ spread, Taiwan must be given all information about the outbreak quickly.      [FULL  STORY]