GENEVA, Switzerland: Taiwan's health chief on Sunday warned that the continued exclusion of the self-ruling island from the World Health Organization (WHO) amid pressure from China posed a significant threat to global health.

"Excluding Taiwan from WHO not only jeopardizes the right to health of the 23.5 million people of Taiwan, [but] also seriously undermines WHO's efforts to achieve health for all," Health Minister Hsueh Jui-yuan told an event hosted by the Geneva Press Club.

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