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Taiwan Counting On Self-Discipline To Stop COVID Spread Chemical troops disinfect public areas of Wanhua District in Taipei, June 2021 - Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Wire
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TAIPEI Since May 15, when Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center announced that Taipei and New Taipei City were on Level 3 Epidemic Alert, photos and videos of street scenes of Taipei s empty city have filled social media. The posts often refer to Taiwan s self-discipline, with one boasting Watch out world, Taiwan will only demonstrate once how it will lift the level 3 (alert) within two weeks. What explains such public confidence?
Private vaccine procurement efforts unlikely to succeed: Health minister
06/03/2021 10:29 PM
CNA file photo showing a woman receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Taipei, June 3 (CNA) Private efforts to procure COVID-19 vaccines for Taiwan, such as the one led by Buddhist group Fo Guang Shan, are well-intentioned, but unlikely to succeed, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said on Thursday.
Chen, who also heads Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), was responding to efforts by the Kaohsiung-based group to purchase 500,000 one-shot COVID-19 vaccines from the U.S. pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson.
The plans, however, hit a significant snag on Wednesday, when the company said in a statement to the media that it would only sell vaccines to governments and selected international organizations.