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TAIPEI, June 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan is in talks with U.S. companies about making their COVID-19 vaccines, following similar talks with European firms, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Saturday.
Taiwan, like much of the world, has been trying to speed up its vaccination programme following a spike in domestic cases, but has been stymied by global supply shortages.
Chen told reporters that they previously had talks with European companies he did not name about producing their vaccines under licence. Only recently have we started to have talks with U.S. companies, to see if it s possible or not to carry out relevant subcontracting work, he added, without providing details.
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After more than a year of being held up as a model for its response to the global pandemic, Taiwan’s medical system is being overrun by a surge in COVID-19 cases. As of Thursday, there were 9,974 confirmed cases on the island, including 366 new cases the previous day. Nearly 9,000 of those infections have occurred since mid-May.
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Taipei, June 4 (CNA) Authorities in Taiwan s New Taipei City on Friday retrieved a 66-year-old suspected COVID-19 patient who fled Far Eastern Hospital after attacking a nurse with his cane.
The man who was identified in media reports by the surname Lee (李) had recently tested positive on a COVID-19 rapid test, and was being treated at the hospital for pneumonia-like symptoms while awaiting the results of a PCR test, according to New Taipei City Health Department.
On Friday afternoon, the man, angry about being confined to a designated COVID-19 hospital ward, struck a nurse with his cane, before making his way to an exit, where he hailed a car and fled, the hospital said.
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