Epoch Times
Date:\ May 4, 2020
By: Frank Fang
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (L) listens to a masked soldier amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during her visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020. – Taiwan currently has just 375 confirmed Covid-19 patients and five deaths despite its close proximity and trade links with China where the pandemic began, but the island and its 23 million inhabitants remain locked out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international bodies after Beijing ramped up its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan and pressure it economically and militarily. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
“Taiwan should be a member of the World Health Organization,” U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) wrote on Twitter on May 3. “Taiwan’s public health response to COVID was excellent and to isolate a nation of 24 million only weakens a coordinated response to future epidemics.”
Taiwan has earned international accolades for its success in containing the spread of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus. The island has successfully stemmed the spread of the virus without resorting to lockdown measures, while schools and businesses remain open as usual.
Taiwan’s professional baseball league, CPBL, was also the first such league in the world to start this year’s season, on April 12. [FULL STORY]
