Taiwan secures 10 M doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Taiwan secures 10 M doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 01 January 2021 | News With the new AstraZeneca vaccine shots expected to be ready in March 2021, Taiwan reaches a total of 20 million doses purchase of coronavirus vaccines
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Taiwan s Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has announced that the country has purchased 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccines, including 10 million from AstraZeneca. Taiwan is also developing three of its own domestic vaccines.
Head of CECC, Chen Shih-chung said that the center has negotiated the purchase of 20 million doses of vaccines, including 4.76 million doses through the COVAX global initiative and 10 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The center is taking a three-pronged approach to meeting the country s vaccination needs, including investment in international initiatives, purchasing directly from manufacturer
2021/01/01 14:36 Taiwan suspends entry of all international students, starting Jan. 1. Taiwan suspends entry of all international students, starting Jan. 1. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan started suspending entry to non-resident foreigners on Friday (Jan. 1), with schools halting entry permit applications for all international students. The Ministry of Education (MOE) told CNA that it issued a directive Thursday (Dec. 31) to suspend entry to all international students for at least one month as part of the government s intensified efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. All foreign students, including those from China, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as recipients of Taiwan scholarships, are subject to the suspension.
Lo Yi-chun, deputy chief of the CECC s medical response division. CNA photo Jan. 1, 2021
Taipei, Jan. 1 (CNA) Taiwan reported three additional imported cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total of confirmed cases in the country to 802 since the epidemic began, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Two of the cases involved Indonesian fishing crew workers in their 20s who arrived in Taiwan on Dec. 17, said Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞), deputy chief of the CECC s medical response division, at a press briefing.
The two presented certificates of negative tests done in three days
before boarding their flights to Taiwan and showed no COVID-19 symptoms during their 14-day mandatory quarantine, Lo said.
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Taipei, Jan. 1 (CNA) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Friday that of the passengers with a recent travel history to the United Kingdom, 106 had so far tested negative for COVID-19 upon completion of their mandatory 14-day quarantine.
According to the CECC, starting Dec. 13, anyone who either transit through or return from the U.K., are required to be tested again for COVID-19 prior to the end of their quarantine period due to the recent worsening coronavirus developments there.
Some 111 U.K. arrivals have so far been tested, while the results of five others have yet to be confirmed, deputy chief of the CECC s medical response division Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) said at a press event in Taipei.