write a brief paragraph on helping hands and coronavirus pandemic
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For nations, as for individuals, times of crisis do not produce character so much as reveal it. That has certainly been true during the COVID-19 crisis, as some nations have viewed the pandemic as an opportunity to help themselves and others have viewed it as an opportunity to help their neighbors.
Taiwan
Tiny Taiwan has been exemplary in its response to COVID-19 – at home and abroad.
After six months in the eye of the COVID-19 storm, Taiwan (population 24 million) has sustained just 440 cases and six deaths. Taiwan did this in the shadow of the PRC, in the face of a withering PRC disinformation campaign, and despite being shut out of international health initiatives by Beijing.
That’s just half of Taiwan’s story. Taipei has delivered 30 million protective masks to those fighting COVID-19, including 5 million to the United States, 7 million to the European Union, and millions more to organizations and nations in need of protective gear. All the while, Taiwan is massively increasing production of medical supplies – now pumping out 13 million masks per day.