GENEVA — China told the World Health Organization on Monday that it had shared full information about the coronavirus with authorities in Taiwan, where there are 10 confirmed cases, and that outbreak communication had been “smooth” across the straits. Taiwan is denied membership of most international bodies including the WHO, a U.N. agency, due to the objections of China, which considers the island a Chinese province with no right to participate unless it accepts that it is part of China. The head of the Taiwan foreign ministry’s Department of International Organisations said on Sunday the department had complained repeatedly to the WHO to stop listing the island as part of China. “This visit has further promoted communication and exchange in the health field across the Taiwan Strait,” he said. “Instead it is just the lies an excuses made by the Taiwan authority in an attempt to participate in the WHA,” Li said.

Source: National Post February 03, 2020 14:37 UTC