30 April 2020

VP Chen shares ’s experience combating coronavirus with Johns Hopkins University ice President Chen Chien- jen delivered a speech titled V“Taiwan Model: Response to COVID-19” as part of a videoconfer- ence organised by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, April 24. Speaking via video link from the Pres- idential Office in City, Chen was joined by Ellen MacKenzie, dean of the prestigious American institution, and Brent Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan. Throughout the speech, Chen detailed the extensive actions taken by Taiwan Director Christensen also took the op- along with the recent joint statement to control the spread of coronavirus; portunity to thank Taiwan for its recent on enhancing epidemic cooperation, is for example, rapidly deploying tar- donation of surgical masks to countries evidence of the two countries’ robust geted border control and quarantine hard-hit by the coronavirus pandem- and longstanding partnership in the measures. ic, including the U.S. The assistance, area of public health, he added. Taiwan, US health chiefs discuss coronavirus, WHO participation MOFA welcomes renamed inister of Health and Welfare, In response, Azar remarked that the U.S. Netherlands Office Taipei Chen Shih-Chung, took part in a is pleased to learn from the experience he Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mbilateral virtual meeting with U.S. of Taiwan. He further went on to reiterate (MOFA) welcomed the de- Secretary of Health and Human Services, his government’s full support for Taiwan’s Tcision to change the official Alex Azar, April 27, as the U.S. pledged participation in the WHO, adding that Tai- name of the Netherlands’ de facto its full support for Taiwan’s participation wan can make a significant contribution embassy in Taiwan from the “Neth- in the World Health Assembly as well as to the international community. erlands Trade and Investment Of- World Health Organization (WHO) meet- The call lasted for 30 minutes, as both fice in Taipei” to “Netherlands Of- ings, mechanisms and activities. sides exchanged views on COVID-19 fice Taipei” (NOT), April 27. During the call, Chen thanked his Amer- prevention strategies and global health The move was described as an ican counterpart for the U.S. govern- security. Also in attendance at the meet- attempt to be “more inclusive” in ment’s backing and expressed his ap- ing were Brent Christensen, Director of terms of bilateral cooperation by preciation for the collaboration that has the American Institute in Taiwan, Taiwan’s Guy Wittich, the NOT head, and been strengthened between the two na- deputy foreign minister Hsu Szu-chien came as Foreign Minister Jaushieh tions in the fight against the coronavirus and Chou Jih-haw, director-general of Tai- Joseph Wu welcomed the Dutch pandemic. wan’s Centers for Disease Control. envoy at MOFA headquarters to Taiwan donates thermometers, automated systems to allies, Germany, US mark the country’s national holiday, n a ceremony, April 24, Foreign Min- by St. Kitts and Nevis Ambassador King’s Day. Minister Wu welcomed ister Jaushieh Joseph Wu presided Jasmine Elise Huggins, American In- the decision, describing it as sym- Iover the donation of 35,000 locally stitute in Taiwan Director Brent Chris- bolizing a positive step in bilateral manufactured forehead thermometers tensen, and German Institute Taipei relations. and 250 automatic temperature mea- Director General Thomas Prinz. Wittich also presented Wu with a surement systems to the Taiwanese gift of tulips, in appreciation for Tai- allies, the U.S. and Germany. wan’s recent donation of surgical Minister Wu praised the generosity of masks to the country. New Taipei City-based equipment man- Editorial: Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium ufacturer TaiDoc Technology Corp. for Website: http://www.roc-taiwan.org/be_en/index.html providing the devices, and cited such E-mail: [email protected] public-private partnerships as invalu- Tel: +32(0)2/287.28.16 or +32(0)2/287.28.11 able in combatting coronavirus. The Minister was joined at the event