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The leaders of US congressional foreign affairs committees have written to more than 50 countries asking them to support Taiwan’s inclusion in the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters has reported.
Taiwan is excluded from the WHO due to diplomatic pressure from China, which considers Taiwan part of its territory.
“As the world works to combat the spread of the Covid-19, a novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China, it has never been more important to ensure all countries prioritize global health and safety over politics,” said the lawmakers’ letter, sent on Friday, and seen by Reuters.
Argentina will extend a quarantine covering its capital Buenos Aires but relax restrictions in the rest of the country, President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday.
The national quarantine began on March 20 and will be extended in the capital until May 24. Until Friday, the country had registered 5,611 confirmed cases of the virus and 293 deaths.
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