Focus Taiwan
Date: 02/24/2020
By: Chiu Chun-chin, Chen Wei-ting and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) A Taiwanese child with hemophilia and his mother who had been trapped in coronavirus-stricken Hubei province arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at around 10:45 p.m. Monday on a flight flown by EVA Airways.

The Taiwanese minor and his mother were left stranded in the city of Jingmen, which has been sealed off since Jan. 24 due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, after they were not included on an evacuation flight from nearby Wuhan to Taiwan on Feb. 3.

The child had reportedly run out of hemophilia medication after not being put on the flight, but was helped by a Taiwanese businessman who works in the area.

He traveled 500 kilometers to pick up the medicine in Zhengzhou after it was delivered there from Taiwan and brought it back to the mother of the sick child on Feb. 9.    [FULL  STORY]