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Foreign diplomats encourage Taiwan amid COVID-19 challenges
05/29/2021 08:31 PM
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Top (from left to right): Brent Christensen and Hiroyasu Izumi; Bottom (from left to right) John Dennis and Andrea Bowman. CNA file photos
Taipei, May 29 (CNA) Several heads of foreign missions in Taiwan have offered words of encouragement and support for Taiwan s efforts to contain its recent surge of domestic COVID-19 cases.
Brent Christensen, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), said in a written response to a CNA email about the issue that he has full faith in the resilience of the Taiwan people and frontline workers and knows they will weather this difficult time with strength, courage, and unity.
Taiwan firm donates COVID-19 rapid tests to country s allies
12/24/2020 10:30 PM
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Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) TaiDoc Technology, a Taiwanese manufacturer of health monitoring systems and devices, on Wednesday donated 300,000 rapid screening tests for COVID-19 to Taiwan s diplomatic allies.
At a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the tests were accepted by Ambassador Jasmine Huggins of St. Christopher and Nevis, dean of the diplomatic corps in Taiwan, on behalf of the allies.
The 300,000 rapid screening tests donated by TaiDoc Technology will be shared among all of Taiwan s diplomatic allies, excluding the Holy See. The tests will also be given to Somaliland, a self-declared East African state that formally opened its representative office in Taiwan in September.