Taiwan Says WHO Ignored Its CCP Virus Questions at Start of Outbreak

Taiwan Says WHO Ignored Its CCP Virus Questions at Start of Outbreak
People wait in long lines to buy face masks in order to protect themselves from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside a pharmacy in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 17, 2020. Ann Wang/Reuters
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan accused the World Health Organization of ignoring its questions at the start of the CCP virus outbreak, part of what it has long described as a pattern that puts it at risk because of pressure from Beijing to exclude it from international organizations.

Taiwan is barred from membership in the WHO under pressure from China, which views it as part of its territory—despite the fact that the self-ruled island has its own democratically-elected government, currency, and military.