Taiwan donates another million masks for these countries

As Wuhan Pneumonia (COVID-19, New Coronary Pneumonia) is still raging all over the world, in order to strengthen the anti-epidemic cooperation of various countries, after President Tsai Ing-wen announced the donation of 10 million masks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will increase the number today, and Taiwan will donate 1 million The masks were given to 7 or 8 "New South-facing Countries", and the donations are like the first wave, which is mainly based on medical personnel.

Ge Baoxuan, director of the Asia-Pacific Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced today that the next wave of mask donations will be mainly from the new south-facing countries that have requested us, with a total of more than 1 million pieces. Ge Baoxuan further explained that there are 18 target countries in New Southbound, but we are responding to 7 to 8 New Southbound countries that have a demand; the number of masks donated will exceed one million, and the recipients will be like Mainly medical staff.

However, does the second wave of mask donations include Japan? Guo Zhongxi, Secretary-General of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, responded by saying, "Japan has not made a request to us, but Japan is our important and close partner. With all our abilities, we will of course take it into consideration and everything is still under discussion We have a willingness to donate, but we can only express it to the other party after making decisions based on the development of domestic epidemic situation and production capacity. "

In addition, Tsai Ing-wen said in an "open-room talk" on the 1st that Taiwan can currently produce 13 million masks a day and will donate 10 million to support countries with severe epidemics, including 2 million in the United States, EU member states and European countries ˙ 1 million tablets, AIA in China.