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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that the U.S. condemns Taiwan’s exclusion from the WHA.

“No one disputes that Taiwan has mounted one of the world’s most successful efforts to contain the pandemic to date, despite its close proximity to the original outbreak in Wuhan, China,” Pompeo said in a strongly worded statement.

Pompeo, a vocal China critic, also criticized Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

“Taiwan is a model world citizen, while the PRC (People’s Republic of China) continues to withhold vital information about the virus and its origins, deny access to their scientists and relevant facilities, censor discussion of the pandemic within China and on Chinese social media properties, and casts blame widely and recklessly,” said Pompeo.

Taiwan has been praised globally for its virus containment measures that included early control measures at the borders, in the community and in healthcare settings. It also uses a sophisticated contact tracing and quarantine network, Lo told CNBC’s “Street Signs” on Tuesday. The island has not posted any domestic cases for more than a month and is confident that there is “zero” community spread at the moment, said Lo.

He told CNBC the island shares concerns that China was not transparent with information about the outbreak at its onset. The Taiwan CDC deputy director general also said the WHO did not seriously regard information from Taiwan in December that suggested possible human-to-human transmission. The WHO has disputed Taiwan’s claims, saying that the island had not explicitly communicated that information.