DEALING WITH CHINA:A surgeon launched a petition to have Taipei determine passenger lists for charter flights, with those in urgent need of care to get priority
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 08, 2020
By: Wu Liang-yi / Staff reporter
1Taiwan is to prioritize vulnerable people and adhere to the highest level of quarantine measures
President Tsai Ing-wen, center, speaks alongside Vice Premier Chen Chi-mai, left, and Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
Tsai was responding to questions about a charter flight that arrived from Wuhan on Monday, on which three of the 247 passengers had not been on a priority list the government provided to Chinese authorities.
The issue escalated when one of the three passengers tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the nation’s 11th case.
The government had communicated with Chinese authorities on the guidelines for the flight and its priorities, but they unilaterally changed the passenger list after agreeing to Taipei’s terms, Tsai said on a visit to the Centers for Disease Control in Taipei [FULL STORY]
