Taiwan Adventist Hospital yesterday led a team to share Taiwan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 100 US and Canadian delegates in a videoconference, which reportedly involved medical delegates from the US military.
As the coronavirus is quickly spreading in North America and threatening people’s health there, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it worked with the hospital to arrange the videoconference to help US and Canadian governments bolster their responses to the virus.
Hospital president Huang Hui-ting (黃暉庭) led the team to brief the foreign delegates on how Taiwan implemented disease prevention policies.
Photo couresty of Taiwan Adventist Hospital
The virtual conference was attended by more than 100 local government officials, health experts and medical personnel from California, Washington state, Hawaii, the US territory of Guam, the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as well as Toronto, Canada, who exchanged opinions about the pandemic for nearly two hours, the ministry said.
Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrero and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Ralph Torres also attended the meeting, it added.
Medical teams from the US Pacific Air Forces and the US Indo-Pacific Command also attended the meeting, the Central News Agency reported, citing information provided by the hospital.
As of press time last night, the American Institute in Taiwan “had not confirmed.”
While Taiwan’s achievements in containing the disease have won global acclaim, the details might not be clear to many, Huang said, adding that the hospital could share its experience, as it has treated some COVID-19 patients.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hsu Szu-chien (徐斯儉) said in his opening speech that Taiwan’s success at containing the virus can be attributed to six principles: The government quickly responded to the virus with pre-emptive planning; maintained transparency of information; suspended exports of key medical supplies, including masks and disinfectants, and increased their production to meet local demand; and fully empowered an all-government command system to coordinate resources and personnel among government agencies.
It also required domestic medical institutions to brace for potential cluster infections in their facilities, while vigorously tracking the conditions of confirmed patients, he said.
The nation would continue to boost anti-pandemic cooperation with other countries to manifest the spirit that “Taiwan can help, and Taiwan is helping,” Hsu said.
Additional reporting by CNA
South Korean K-pop girl group Blackpink are to make Kaohsiung the first stop on their Asia tour when they perform at Kaohsiung National Stadium on Oct. 18 and 19, the event organizer said yesterday. The upcoming performances will also make Blackpink the first girl group ever to perform twice at the stadium. It will be the group’s third visit to Taiwan to stage a concert. The last time Blackpink held a concert in the city was in March 2023. Their first concert in Taiwan was on March 3, 2019, at NTSU Arena (Linkou Arena). The group’s 2022-2023 “Born Pink” tour set a
CPBL players, cheerleaders and officials pose at a news conference in Taipei yesterday announcing the upcoming All-Star Game. This year’s CPBL All-Star Weekend is to be held at the Taipei Dome on July 19 and 20.
The Taiwan High Court yesterday upheld a lower court’s decision that ruled in favor of former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) regarding the legitimacy of her doctoral degree. The issue surrounding Tsai’s academic credentials was raised by former political talk show host Dennis Peng (彭文正) in a Facebook post in June 2019, when Tsai was seeking re-election. Peng has repeatedly accused Tsai of never completing her doctoral dissertation to get a doctoral degree in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 1984. He subsequently filed a declaratory action charging that
The Hualien Branch of the High Court today sentenced the main suspect in the 2021 fatal derailment of the Taroko Express to 12 years and six months in jail in the second trial of the suspect for his role in Taiwan’s deadliest train crash. Lee Yi-hsiang (李義祥), the driver of a crane truck that fell onto the tracks and which the the Taiwan Railways Administration's (TRA) train crashed into in an accident that killed 49 people and injured 200, was sentenced to seven years and 10 months in the first trial by the Hualien District Court in 2022. Hoa Van Hao, a
RSS