The Taiwanese community in Ireland yesterday continued their campaign of donations to long-term care facilities in Ireland with the donation of a shipment of PPE to Cheshire Limerick. The donation consisted of 350 medical masks, 5,000 pairs of medical gloves, 200 pairs of googles, 200 pieces of protective clothing, and 10 infrared thermometers. Since March the […]
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak we’ve been hearing more and more in the news about Taiwan, a small island nation about 200 km off the south-eastern coast of mainland China. Mostly we’ve been hearing about the geopolitical significance of Taiwan, its history with the Communist Party of China, and the failure of the […]
The Taiwanese community in Ireland has donated a substantial amount of PPE to Irish nursing homes and other long-term care facilities after a fundraising campaign carried out by the Taiwan Ireland Association. Nursing homes now account for roughly 60 percent of virus-related deaths in Ireland and there have been growing concerns about shortages of PPE […]
Could the Church hierarchy be cosying up to the Chinese Communist Party? Ben Scallan comments #gript
The World Health Organisation has been left deeply embarrassed after a television interview in which Dr Bruce Aylward, who was the co-lead of WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China, refused to acknowledge any questions he was asked about Taiwan’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Dr Aylward first says he cannot hear the question when asked “Will […]
It seems the coming days will determine how Taiwan is remembered in the fight against Covid-19.