Taiwan's government criticized the Philippines for restricting travel to island residents due to fear of the corona virus.

The Philippines on February 2 confirmed its travel ban for mainland Chinese citizens extended to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau residents under the "One China" policy.

Taiwan's diplomatic agency today called the Philippines' decision "unilateral and wrong". "Confusing Taiwan with mainland China could cause problems for us and the international community," said Taiwanese diplomatic spokesman Joanne Ou.

China has always considered Taiwan a part of its territory waiting for reunification, including by force if necessary. According to Beijing, adopting a "one-country, two-regime" model similar to Hong Kong and Macau is the best way to protect the interests and interests of Taiwanese islanders.

The Philippines has yet to ban travel to Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand, though more people infected with the new strain of corona virus (nCoV) in these countries than Taiwan.

Since nCoV spread to the world, some countries have banned travel with China, banning Taiwanese as well.

Italy banned all Taiwanese and Bangladeshi airlines' flights from banning Taiwanese travelers from entering the country, while Mongolia initially banned the islanders, but later announced it would consider a visa carefully. .

Taiwan has confirmed it will continue to contact Manila to lift the travel restrictions. The island government earlier said it successfully persuaded a number of countries to lift a travel restriction on Taiwan residents.

Taiwan currently has 18 cases of nCoV infection, but the island authorities claim to have contained the outbreak and there have been no new cases in the community.

The outbreak of acute pneumonia caused by nCoV in Wuhan City, the capital of Hubei province since early December 2019, spread to 31 provinces in China and 26 countries and territories around the world. As of 11/2, the disease has killed 1,018 people and more than 42,098 cases of nCoV, mainly in Hubei, China.

Countries with nCoV pneumonia patients. Click on image to see details.