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Taiwan donates 100,000 masks to Arkansas; lieutenant governor urges WHO observer status for Taiwan
Summary
Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin announced a donation of 100,000 face masks from Taiwan to Arkansas, praised Taiwan's pandemic response and urged that Taiwan be allowed observer status at the World Health Organization; a letter of thanks from Sen. Tom Cotton was also read.
Lieutenant Governor Tim Griffin announced that the State of Arkansas has been given 100,000 face masks from the people of Taiwan at a press event, praising the donation as support for medical personnel fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Griffin said the boxed masks are marked "Taiwan can help" and thanked the people of Taiwan "for this gift of 100,000 masks." He said the masks are now in the custody of the state and that "the governor and the department of health have the authority to distribute them as needed." The event included…
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