Taiwan blasts WHO amid Italy's flight ban controversy

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Italy's government on Friday announced the suspension of all flights from China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from Feb. 2 to April 28 to prevent ... StayloggedinForgetpassword? Login Notyetamember？Register E-Mail 送出 返回登入頁 密碼設定成功，請使用新密碼登入  | Home FoodSafety&Health ForeignMinisterJosephWu ForeignMinisterJosephWu (CNAphoto) ForeignMinisterJosephWu(吳釗燮)hasblastedtheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)fortreatingTaiwanaspartofChinainthefightagainstthecoronavirus,leadingtobansofTaiwanflights,andalsoaccuseditsofficialsoflivingina"paralleluniverse." Italy'sgovernmentonFridayannouncedthesuspensionofallflightsfromChina,HongKong,MacauandTaiwanfromFeb.2toApril28topreventthefurtherspreadofthe2019novelcoronavirus(2019-nCoV)afterconfirmingtwocasesofthevirusFriday. Hourslater,Vietnam'scivilaviationauthoritiesalsoannouncedasimilarbanforaperiodof90days,butthebanonflightsbetweenTaiwanandVietnamwasquicklyreversed. WublamedtheWHO'sreportonthe2019novelcoronavirusforthedecisionsmadebyItalyandVietnam,accusingitofproviding"inaccurateinformation." InthereportdatedFeb.1,"Taipei"wasincludedinalistofprovinces,regionsandcitiesofChinawithconfirmedcasesof2019-nCoVacuterespiratorydisease. Also,inatableofconfirmedcasesworldwide,itlistedChinawith11,821casesandsaidtheyincluded"casesconfirmedinHongKongSAR(13confirmedcases),MacauSAR(7confirmedcases)andTaipei(10confirmedcases). TaiwanisnotamemberoftheUnitedNationsandisroutinelylistedaspartofChinabyU.N.-affiliatedorganizations,butWusaidthewaythefigureswerepresented"ledtothemisconceptionthatTaiwanispartofChinaandaseriouslyinfectedarea." WususpectedtheWHOreportasakeyfactorinItaly'smovebecausethesuspensionofflightswasmadeontherecommendationofItalianhealthauthoritiesandtheannouncementusedtheterm"Taipei"andotherlanguagefoundintheWHOreport,theforeignministersaid. Italy'sflightbanagainstTaiwanhasnegativelyaffectedthousandsoftravelers,andtheyarenotlikelytogetcompensationfromairlinesandfromtheWHO,Wusaid. "IwouldliketopubliclycallupontheWHOtorecognizethesimplefactthatTaiwanisTaiwananditisnotpartofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,"Wusaid,stressingthathealthcareinTaiwanandChinaisadministeredbyseparateauthorities,asaretheirflightinformationregions. Wualsocriticizedsomeofthebody'sofficialswhohavepraisedBeijingforitshandlingofthecoronavirus,describingthemaslivingina"paralleluniverse." HesaidtheWHOwasnotbeingtruetoitsmottoof"healthforall"and"leavingnoonebehind." NotonlyisTaiwanbarredfromtakingpartintheWorldHealthAssembly,itsexpertsarealsoarbitrarilypreventedfromtakingpartin70percentoftechnicalmeetings,hesaid. ThecoronavirushasbeendeclaredaglobalpublichealthemergencybytheWHO,leadingmanycountriestoimposestrictrestrictionsontraveltoandfromChina. AsofmidnightSaturday,therewere14,380confirmedcasesoftherespiratoryillnessinChinaandatleast304deaths,leadingtoChina'sincreasingisolationtopreventthespreadofthediseaseoutsideitsborders. Tweet Updated:2022-08-3105:58GMT+08:00

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