Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, will travel to Taiwan in the coming days. Photo: EPA-EFE Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, will travel to Taiwan in the coming days. Photo: EPA-EFE
Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, will travel to Taiwan in the coming days. Photo: EPA-EFE
Taiwan
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Coronavirus: US health minister must wear mask for historic Taiwan visit

  • Delegation of Alex Azar, the most senior US official to visit Taiwan in four decades, will be tested twice before entry, and wear masks ‘at all times’
  • Taiwan’s success in containing the virus has been praised, while in the US, which has the most cases and deaths, masks have divided opinion

Topic |   Taiwan
Reuters
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Updated: 3:47pm, 6 Aug, 2020

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Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, will travel to Taiwan in the coming days. Photo: EPA-EFE Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, will travel to Taiwan in the coming days. Photo: EPA-EFE
Alex Azar, the secretary of health and human services, will travel to Taiwan in the coming days. Photo: EPA-EFE
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