Taiwan “locked out” of WHO Covid-19 meeting on objections from Beijing

The U.S. mission in Geneva last week urged WHO chief Tedros to invite Chinese-claimed but democratically ruled Taiwan to the WHO’s decision-making body Taiwan is yet to receive an invite to a key World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this week expected to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic due to à‚"obstructionà‚" from China, the island’s foreign ministry said, expressing its displeasure. The U.S. mission in Geneva last week urged WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to invite Chinese-claimed but democratically ruled Taiwan to the WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly (WHA). Late on Sunday, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said the island had…