US commission says Taiwan's WHO exclusion caused lives to be lost

CORONAVIRUS | Lives have been lost in the coronavirus pandemic because of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) exclusion of Taiwan and refusal to allow it to share best practices and information, a top US government commission on China said in a new report.

The US has repeatedly clashed with China over its refusal to allow non-WHO member Taiwan, claimed by China as one of its provinces, full access to the body, becoming another source of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing....