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1.媒體來源:
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英國金融時報

2.記者署名
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Reporting by Primrose Riordan in Hong Kong, Katrina Manson in Washington,
Kathrin Hille in Taipei and Clive Cookson in London

3.完整新聞標題:
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Taiwan says WHO failed to act on coronavirus transmission warning
台灣表示WHO未能對武漢肺炎傳播做出預警
Relationship with Beijing blamed for not sharing alert over human-to-human
infection
與北京的關係被責難於在人傳人感染上沒有共享情報

4.完整新聞內文:
※ 社論特稿都不能貼！違者刪除（政治類水桶3個月)，貼廣告也會被刪除喔！可詳看版規
Taiwan has accused the World Health Organization of failing to communicate an
early warning about transmission of the coronavirus between humans, slowing
the global response to the pandemic.

台灣指責WHO未能在武漢肺炎人傳人感染發出預警，減緩了全球對此流行病的應對。

Health officials in Taipei said they alerted the WHO at the end of December
about the risk of human-to-human transmission of the new virus but said its
concerns were not passed on to other countries.

台北的衛生官員表示，他們在12月底就這種新病毒的人傳人風險向WHO發出了警告，但WHO沒
有向其他國家傳達這種憂心。

Taiwan is excluded from the WHO because China, which claims it as part of its
territory, demands that third countries and international bodies do not treat
it in any way that resembles how independent states are treated.

台灣被排除在WHO之外，係因為中國要求第三國、國際組織不要以任何類似於獨立國家的方
式對待台灣。中國宣稱台灣是其領土的一部分。

The WHO’s relationship with China has been criticised in the past, with some
accusing the organisation of overly praising Beijing’s handling of the
coronavirus outbreak despite allegations local officials had initially
covered it up.

WHO與中國的關係在過去曾受到批評，有人指責WHO過分地稱讚北京處理武漢肺炎疫情的方
式，儘管當地官員最初曾經被指控掩蓋事實。

Taiwan said its doctors had heard from mainland colleagues that medical staff
were getting ill — a sign of human-to-human transmission. Taipei officials
said they reported this to both International Health Regulations (IHR), a WHO
framework for exchange of epidemic prevention and response data between 196
countries, and Chinese health authorities on December 31.


shared with other countries.

台灣政府官員告訴金融時報，這份警告並沒有傳達給其他國家。

“While the IHR’s internal website provides a platform for all countries to
share information on the epidemic and their response, none of the information
shared by our country’s [Centers for Disease Control] is being put up there,
” said Chen Chien-jen, Taiwan’s vice-president.

台灣副總統陳建仁表示：「雖然說《國際衛生條例》的內部網站為所有國家提供了一個共
享疫情資訊及其應對措施的平台，但我國（疾管署）分享的訊息並沒有出現在那裡。」

The WHO could not obtain first-hand information to study and judge whether
there was human-to-human transmission of Covid-19. This led it to announce
human-to-human transmission with a delay, and an opportunity to raise the
alert level both in China and the wider world was lost,” said Mr Chen, an
epidemiologist by training who was health minister at the time of the Sars
outbreak.



China’s health ministry only confirmed human-to-human transmission on
January 20, after the WHO said in mid-January there might be “limited”
human-to-human transmission but stepped back from this view on the same day.

中國衛生部在1月20日才確認人傳人。此前WHO在1月中曾經表示，可能存在「有限度的」人
傳人，但同一天又放棄了這個觀點。

Asked about the comments, the WHO said under its mandate it needed trust to “
hold frank and open discussions on sometimes sensitive issues” and to enable
this level of candour “requires that we respect the confidentiality of such
communications”. Western countries have since been accused of failing to act
even when they were warned about human-to-human transmission.



The WHO has had to strike a delicate balance with China throughout the
outbreak, with some accusing the organisation of being too pliant while
medical experts said it had coped admirably.

在整個疫情爆發期間，WHO不得不與中國保持微妙的平衡，一些人指責WHO過於聽話，而一
些醫學專家表示，WHO的應對令人敬佩。

The challenge of managing the relationship extended to negotiations over the
wording of a report following a joint mission to China last month. The
nine-day trip comprised 12 WHO experts and 13 Chinese officials and was
focused on the country’s response to the outbreak. Three of the WHO
officials also visited Wuhan, the centre of the outbreak, as part of the
mission.



The WHO’s Bruce Aylward, the Canadian epidemiologist who led the team,
described the process as “fantastic”. But he told the FT there was “huge
back and forth” with Chinese officials about what went into the report.

WHO的Bruce Aylward，領導該小組的加拿大籍傳染病學家，形容過程是「fantastic」的，
但他對金融時報表示，對於報告的內容，中國官員「反反覆覆討論」。

Dr Aylward said Chinese health officials did not want to refer to the
pathogen as “dangerous” as they regarded such terminology as reserved for
diseases with higher mortality rates.

Aylward博士表示，中國衛生官員不希望將這種病原體稱作「危險」，因為他們認為這種術
語只適用於死亡率較高的疾病。

Chinese health officials also refused to include any reference to avoiding a
“second wave” of coronavirus in the report, he said, so they compromised on
“a surge” or “resurgence”.

他說，中國衛生官員也拒絕在報告中提及避免武漢肺炎的「第二波」，因此他們在
「surge」（暴增）或「resurgence」（再現）上妥協。

Dale Fisher, an infectious disease specialist at the National University of
Singapore, said the team’s Chinese counterparts requested the report not
make reference to a “dangerous pathogen” because they said it had a “
bioterrorism type suggestion”, so they found a replacement.



Clifford Lane, clinical director of America’s National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases who was one of two US officials on the mission, said
the WHO team’s Chinese members had “a great desire to be precise”. He said
the debates over wording did not amount to censorship but represented a “bit
of spin”.



China’s ministry of health did not respond to requests for comment.

中國衛生部對此不表示評論。

Despite the criticism, the WHO has impressed many medical professionals and
public health experts with its speed and effectiveness.


professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Edinburgh University. “
Though you could quibble a bit about timings, they have done all the right
things so far.”

愛丁堡大學的傳染病學家Mark Woolhouse表示，WHO出色地發揮了其領導作用。 「雖然你
可以對時間問題吹毛求疵，但迄今為止，他們做的一切都是正確的。 」

Dr Aylward added that whenever Chinese officials were reluctant to carry out
a request or grant him access or were taken aback at his demands, he would
always answer: “You can’t rule out another Wuhan if you don’t know how and
when this started.”



He said that was always “the trigger point for them”.

他說這總是「他們之間的導火線」。

“They don’t want another Wuhan,” he said.

「他們不想看到另一個武漢」，他說。

5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):
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https://www.ft.com/content/2a70a02a-644a-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68

6.備註:
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評論區
Libararian21
66人按讚
The Chinese Communist Party's impact on the world is truly insidious. At
least the Soviets were poor.

Juviens
43人按讚
China , the world should and will not forget what your rotten dictatorial
system caused  . The exclusion of Taiwan ( one of the few countries which
reacted admirably against the virus ) from  WHO's information / decision
network at the instigation of China is nothing but criminal and both WHO
leadership and Xi carry the responsibility .

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