Virus Outbreak: Foreign missions seeking Taiwan’s advice: ministerGYMNASIUM SNUB: Separately, a Taiwanese man said that a gymnasium in Thailand canceled his membership, which he said meant that his privacy had been violatedBy Lu Yi-hsuan / Staff reporterMinister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) yesterday said he has received several calls from foreign missions in Taiwan to learn from the nation’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. He has also received telephone calls from many of them who say that Taiwan’s response has been successful and hope their governments would learn from Taiwan’s experience, Wu said. Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu speaks at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in Taipei yesterday. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand yesterday said it is assisting the man. The situation was an isolated case and the government regrets that a Taiwanese was treated this way, Wu said.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2020 16:01 UTC