Taiwan assistance

A statement said “The medical team comprised specialist doctors and two nurses for psychiatry and cardiology, headed by Dr Daniel Lin.”

“During the period of their stay, the team provided consultations and medical services to out- patients at the RoN hospital, patients at the correctional facility and conducted community and home visits.”

“The concerted efforts of the team working closely with the RoN hospital staff resulted in over 60 patients receiving medical services, including several successful operations.”

Since declaring a national emergency, Nauru had also received aid from other partners to respond to the pandemic.

Nauru's government said "the gold standard" testing machine would significantly reduce weeks of waiting time for testing in Australia.

It said Australia had provided about US$60,000 for the purchase of testing kits and the World Health Organisation had supplied personal protective equipment.

This included 7000 sets of gloves, 13,000 surgical masks and 200 surgical gowns.