To encourage participation and allow entrants to begin collecting footage, MOFA is making an early call for entries for the 6th Trending Taiwan Short Film Competition. As well as the creative category of previous years, this year we’re adding a special prize for short films which deal with Taiwan’s pandemic prevention measures against the COVID-19 virus, inviting budding Taiwanese and foreign filmmakers to showcase Taiwan’s efforts and achievements in this regard.
Taiwan donated 200,000 surgical masks to Thailand during a ceremony April 20 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Taipei City, demonstrating the country’s commitment to helping the world combat COVID-19.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) expresses strong dissatisfaction over the World Health Organization Secretariat’s press conference on April 15, at which it responded to Taiwan’s efforts to participate in WHO by erroneously citing UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and World Health Assembly Resolution 25.1 and misleadingly claiming that Taiwan and WHO share good and extensive interactions.
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center announced new disease prevention measures April 18, the latest in a series of moves aimed at safeguarding the country amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
On April 18, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported that there has been a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Southeast Asia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is coordinating with China Airlines (CAL) to transport stranded Taiwanese in India back home in the wake of an extended lockdown policy there amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If the plan works out, a flight using CAL's current Delhi-Taoyuan route will bring passengers back, and they will be quarantined in designated places upon arrival, the ministry said.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung discusses how Taiwan Can Help achieve the World Health Organization’s vision of Health For All.
Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday called for responsible ministries and agencies to work urgently to identify people and businesses deserving of government relief, and prepare in advance the necessary approvals and paperwork, in order to leap into action at the earliest opportunity.
The recipients of 6 million surgical masks pledged by Taiwan five days earlier for use as personal protective equipment by frontline medical personnel combating coronavirus in America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific were unveiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 14.
Following the publication of a large advertisement in the New York Times calling for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization, which a group of Taiwan nationals had submitted of their own accord, the WHO Secretariat issued a 13-point statement on April 15 in response to media inquiries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs commends WHO for beginning to acknowledge Taiwan’s existence and showing willingness to publicly discuss the issue of Taiwan’s participation in the organization.
