Senior WHO official dodges questions about Taiwan’s WHO membership; praises China

A senior WHO official has raised hackles in Taiwan by appearing to dodge questions about Taiwan’’s exclusion from the world health body. During an interview via video chat with a Hong Kong media outlet, Bruce Aylward, a Canadian epidemiologist, remained silent for about ten seconds when asked if the WHO should reconsider Taiwan’’s membership. After their video hook-up appeared to be disconnected, the interviewer called him back. This time Aylward declared that if he had contracted the coronavirus, he would