Taiwan voices deep displeasure after being shunned by WHA
05/24/2021 04:09 PM
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Taipei, May 24 (CNA) Taiwan has expressed its deep displeasure at not getting invited to this year s World Health Assembly (WHA) and being excluded from the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a fifth consecutive year.
In a joint letter of protest issued Monday by Taiwan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said this year s WHA remains focused on the COVID-19 response and building a healthier, safer, and fairer world together. The recent escalation of the pandemic in Taiwan further shows that viruses know no borders. Taiwan cannot remain on the sidelines, and there should not be a gap in global disease prevention, he said in the letter, which was also signed by Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮).
May 24, 2021
In the run-up to this year’s World Health Assembly, Taiwan’s case for being granted observer status at the World Health Organization’s top annual meeting rested on the idea that it had much to share with the world in terms of public health, and that its limited role at the WHO prevented it from doing so.
An emerging Covid-19 crisis, however, has changed that message.
Taiwan is experiencing its worst outbreak yet. Despite being a Covid-free enclave for most of the pandemic thanks to a swift and stringent response early on, Taiwan saw more than 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 last week. Now Taiwan faces a full lockdown for the first time.
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