Parties unite over Taiwan's exclusion from WHO anti-virus planning


Residents shopping at a traditional market one day before the Lunar New Year’s eve in Xindian district, New Taipei City on Friday (Jan 24). Taiwan on Friday confirmed three cases of coronavirus in the country. - AFP

TAIPEH: Taiwan's exclusion from World Health Organisation meetings on the coronavirus outbreak has united the island's political parties, who normally agree on little, especially to do with China.

Taiwan is not a member of the WHO due to the objection of China, which considers it a Chinese province with no right to participate in international organisations as a separate entity.

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