Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles I'm scared of Corona virus because it's very contagious. In most countries, this is how Corona virus cases look like higher, higher and higher. It looks impossible to stop, but there is one country that put an end to Corona virus and made it completely flat entirely by itself. And no one is talking enough about this country. This is the story of Taiwan. One of the closest countries to China, but surprisingly, one with very little Coronavirus. In Taiwan, only 429 people got infected. Only six people died, and for the last 17 days, zero local cases were reported zero. And best of all, Taiwan did not lock down the country. The schools remained open, shops remained open and the economy remained open. Even sports events continue, but without the fans, because people were social distancing. In Taiwan, people took this very seriously from the beginning, and everybody did their part to wear mask and social distance. This'll is impressive, but not surprising. Taiwan was one off the first demand flights from Wuhan, the first to test people, the first to take Corona virus seriously before anyone else did. And here's the crazy part. All of this they did alone. Most nations do not recognize Taiwan as a country, and the world health organization doesn't either for political reasons, which means that they don't get much help from other countries during this tragedy. Yet despite that, they succeeded and beat Corona virus alone, and now they're helping other countries do it, too. They shipped 17 million masks to the United States, to Europe, to the Philippines, to Japan and even to the small island nation of Fiji. Yes, FIJI! Even though we may not be recognized as a country, we're still a part of the global community, and we're here to help. Taiwan can help. It's easy to lose hope when you look at the world map and look at the infection rates. But at least for this minute, look at Taiwan. No local infections, no outbreak, no panic and no lock down. Hi, I am Tsai Ing-wen. President of Taiwan, and the first woman president of Taiwan. Taiwan is a free, democratic open, an amazing place. Not many people recognize Taiwan as a country because of politics, but this time everyone should recognize Taiwan as a hero.
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