Taiwan Gains International Support for Participation in Key WHO Meeting

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (L) listens to a masked soldier amid the coronavirus pandemic during her visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A little more than two weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) holds its next key meeting, countries from around the world are voicing their support for Taiwan’s inclusion, including the United States.

“Taiwan should be a member of the World Health Organization,” U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) wrote on Twitter on May 3. “Taiwan’s public health response to COVID was excellent and to isolate a nation of 24 million only weakens a coordinated response to future epidemics.”