The World Health Organization has come under intense scrutiny for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, China and Taiwan locked in a tussle of words.
in January, Collins noted, and praised China's top leadership for its openness in sharing information with the WHO and other countries.that "China has bought the world time." In contrast, he "has been quick" in criticizing other countries for their responses to the outbreak, added Collins in his blog post.Taiwan would be a side issue except that it has won international praise for containing the outbreak despite exclusion from the WHO.
Taiwan sits just across a narrow strait from mainland China. And despite vastly different political systems, the two share extensive business and people ties. But so far, the island has reported under 400 cases and six deaths as compared to its neighbors with about 1,000 in Hong Kong, over 7,000 in Japan and more than 10,000 in South Korea.about Taiwan last month, said it was closely following the development of the coronavirus outbreak there and taking lessons from them. It also said it was working closely with Taiwanese health experts. "The Taiwanese caseload is low relative to population," the WHO acknowledged.
"Ironically, Taiwan's status as a 'Chinese province' means its own information was officially ignored," Francoise Godement, senior advisor at Institut Montaigne in France, wrote Godement said explanations are required for why such a large UN agency with some of the world's most extensive experience of epidemics and emergency responses "fell into this trap."
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