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Taiwan warned WHO of human-human transmission of COVID-19 in December 2019, WHO only replied “Received”
(24 Mar) Morgan Ortagus, Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, responded to Hua Chunying, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson for China, in a Twitter post, stating that Taiwan first tried to warn WHO of human-human transmission of Wuhan pneumonia on 31 December. This was confirmed by Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center, who revealed that they have sent a letter of enquiry to China and WHO regarding the collected data. The only reply from WHO was, “Received”.
Bob LJ Chen, Director General of Taiwan’s Department of International Organisations, also stated in a press conference that Taiwan was aware of the atypical pneumonia cases in Wuhan at the end of last year. The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control immediately contacted China and IHR from WHO on 31 December, hoping to confirm the relevant epidemic situation. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately requested the Taiwan Office in Geneva to contact the WHO Secretariat to request assistance for confirmation.
In a report last Friday, the Financial Times quoted from Taiwan officials that Taiwanese doctors learnt from Chinese colleagues that human-human transmission of the virus was observed, as local medics in China became ill. On 31 December, they reported the suspicious cases of Wuhan pneumonia to IHR and Chinese Health Authorities, who, unfortunately, did not share this warning to other countries. The report also quoted from Taiwan’s Vice President, Chen Chien-jen, “The IHR internal website has a platform for sharing epidemics information and responses for all countries, but the information shared by Taiwan was not uploaded to that platform.”
Source: HKCNews
https://bit.ly/3dDGzZ1
#Taiwan #WHO #HuaChunying #IHR #Coronavirus
Taiwan warned WHO of human-human transmission of COVID-19 in December 2019, WHO only replied “Received”
(24 Mar) Morgan Ortagus, Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, responded to Hua Chunying, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson for China, in a Twitter post, stating that Taiwan first tried to warn WHO of human-human transmission of Wuhan pneumonia on 31 December. This was confirmed by Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center, who revealed that they have sent a letter of enquiry to China and WHO regarding the collected data. The only reply from WHO was, “Received”.
Bob LJ Chen, Director General of Taiwan’s Department of International Organisations, also stated in a press conference that Taiwan was aware of the atypical pneumonia cases in Wuhan at the end of last year. The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control immediately contacted China and IHR from WHO on 31 December, hoping to confirm the relevant epidemic situation. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately requested the Taiwan Office in Geneva to contact the WHO Secretariat to request assistance for confirmation.
In a report last Friday, the Financial Times quoted from Taiwan officials that Taiwanese doctors learnt from Chinese colleagues that human-human transmission of the virus was observed, as local medics in China became ill. On 31 December, they reported the suspicious cases of Wuhan pneumonia to IHR and Chinese Health Authorities, who, unfortunately, did not share this warning to other countries. The report also quoted from Taiwan’s Vice President, Chen Chien-jen, “The IHR internal website has a platform for sharing epidemics information and responses for all countries, but the information shared by Taiwan was not uploaded to that platform.”
Source: HKCNews
https://bit.ly/3dDGzZ1
#Taiwan #WHO #HuaChunying #IHR #Coronavirus
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台灣12月31日警告世衛武漢肺炎可能人傳人 世衛只答：收到了
美國國務院發言人奧特加斯在Twitter貼文，指台灣在12月31日首先試圖警告世衛武漢肺炎可能人傳人（Taiwan first tried to warn WHO of human-human transmission）。台灣防疫指揮中心承認有此事，透露是根據蒐集的情報，向中國及世衛去函提出詢問，當時世衛只回答說「收到了」。