EU thanks for donating masks Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Taiwan Can Help 

In the morning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release saying that Ursula von der Leyen, the chairman of the European Commission, represented the EU on April 1 local time and publicly tweeted that Taiwan had donated 5.6 million surgical masks. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Taiwanese government will continue to cooperate with the European Union to fight the new coronavirus, help maintain the health of the people, and end the outbreak as soon as possible.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that the epidemic requires global solidarity and joint response. Taiwan and the EU are partners of concept and value. In particular, the EU has always supported Taiwan ’s participation in the WHO. When the EU is severely affected by the epidemic, Taiwan and the people reach out in time to support the EU with practical actions Showing unity not only proves that "Taiwan Can Help, and Taiwan is Helping", but also fulfills the concept of "Stronger Together".

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Taiwan and the EU will work together to fight against the epidemic, and it will be more effective in preventing the spread of Wuhan ’s pneumonia epidemic. In addition to donating medical supplies for epidemic prevention, Taiwan has also screened reagents with the EU and its related member states , Vaccines and pharmaceuticals, and other research and development and epidemic prevention experience to share and exchange.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Taiwan hopes to cooperate with the EU in the production chain of epidemic prevention medical supplies as soon as possible in the future, to communicate with each other, and to benefit bilateral people with practical actions. Because Taiwan is convinced that helping others means helping itself. The solidarity and cooperation of various countries can prompt the epidemic to end as soon as possible.