FILE PHOTO: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar wears a mask among other officials and media as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and his delegation will have to be tested for the novel coronavirus before getting to Taiwan and again when they arrive, and they must wear masks, a government official said on Thursday.
Azar's will be the most senior U.S. official to visit Taiwan in four decades - a trip that has angered China, which claims the democratic island as its own. Washington broke off official ties with Taipei in 1979 in favour of Beijing.
Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.
