WHO Denies Taiwan From Attending Forum on Fighting Coronavirus

Mask-clad commuters get off a train at a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stop in Taipei following the Lunar New Year holidays on Jan. 30, 2020. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Local officials continued to fight for participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) as countries around the world seek to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, took a reporter’s question about whether Taiwan could attend an upcoming WHO forum scheduled for Feb. 11 and 12 in Geneva.