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No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

The internationally acknowledged success of Taiwan with the scourge of COVID-19 might lead to a diplomatic opening. Its government has already concluded a bilateral agreement with the United States to send masks, which could lead to drugs and vaccines going to America for clinical trials. Other governments seem likely to follow.

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen and WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus. Almost 100 anti-COVID-19 initiatives from Taiwan’s national government included: screening Wuhan flights as early as Dec. 31; banning Wuhan residents on Jan. 23; suspending Taiwanese visits to Hubei province on Jan. 25; and barring all Chinese arrivals on Feb. 6. These and other measures resulted in only 388 confirmed cases and six deaths as of April 12 in a population of almost 24 million. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

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BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR
April 20, 2020

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

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