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VirusOutbreak:Tsai,VPurgeunityagainstCOVID-192020-04-25KEYDIFFERENCE:AsopposedtotheSARSoutbreakin2003,centralandlocalgovernmentshavejoinedforcestocombatthenovelcoronavirus,ChenChien-jensaidPresidentTsaiIng-wen(蔡英文)andVicePresidentChenChien-jen(陳建仁)yesterdaycalledforunityinthefightagainstCOVID-19astheyreflectedonalockdownatTaipeiCityHospital’sHepingbranchduringtheSARSoutbreak17yearsago. “OnApril24,2003,theHepingbranchannouncedalockdownwithoutsupplementarymeasures.Thousandsofmedicalp...
Virus Outbreak: Tsai, VP urge unity against COVID-192020-04-25
KEY DIFFERENCE: As opposed to the SARS outbreak in 2003, central and local governments have joined forces to combat the novel coronavirus, Chen Chien-jen said
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) yesterday called for unity in the fight against COVID-19 as they reflected on a lockdown at Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch during the SARS outbreak 17 years ago. “On April 24, 2003, the Heping branch announced a lockdown without supplementary measures. Thousands of medical personnel, patients and their families suddenly found themselves forcibly confined in the hospital,” Tsai wrote on Facebook ...