Taiwan dramatically upped its estimate for how much it would spend helping the economy deal with the impact of the coronavirus to $35 billion on Wednesday, and said it would donate 10 million face masks to the most needy countries.
FILE PHOTO: Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-Wen listens to a presentation at a non woven filter fabric factory, where the fabric is used to make surgical face masks, in Taoyuan, Taiwan, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
“We expect the scale of these two stimulus steps will in total reach T$1.05 trillion,” Tsai said from the presidential office. Taiwan has repeatedly offered to share its knowledge and experience with the world as part of its “Taiwan can help” campaign, and Tsai said this now would entail tangible actions including the donation of masks.
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