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Japan to donate millions more doses The Bangkok Post © The Bangkok Post A medical worker prepares a dose of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus disease during a vaccination session at the National Taiwan Science Education Center in Taipei City on July 3 this year. (Reuters photo)
TOKYO: Japan will make additional donations of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan and other Asian neighbours this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday.
Japan will ship out 1 million doses each to Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam on Thursday as part of bilateral deals with those governments, Motegi told reporters.
An additional 11 million doses donated through the Covax sharing scheme will be sent this month to Bangladesh, Cambodia, Iran, Laos, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, as well as various Pacific Island states, he said.
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