President Tsai says that the Chinese government should focus on containing the spread of novel coronavirus rather than intimidating Taiwan. This came as a response to the Chinese Air force dispatching three military aircraft to circle Taiwan around 11:00 AM on Sunday. Taiwan responded by scrambling its own F-16 fighter jets to intercept the Chinese planes.
The defense ministry says that it was completely aware of the situation.
President Tsai on Monday morning said that the most pressing issue for China right now is the novel coronavirus outbreak. She said that the whole world is concerned about the disease, and that military exercises, at this time, are meaningless and unnecessary. Tsai said that she would like to tell China to contain the novel coronavirus so that the region and the world can be at ease.