Beijing Offers Vaccines to Help Taiwan Fight Covid Surge - Central government is ‘very worried’ about reports of triple-digit increases in infections over 11 consecutive days
TAIPEI: Taiwan does not believe China is sincere in offering it much-needed Covid-19 vaccines and thinks it is working to prevent the island from getting shots for political reasons as infections surge, officials briefed on the matter told Reuters.
TAIPEI, May 27 ― Taiwan does not believe China is sincere in offering it much needed Covid-19 vaccines and thinks it is working to prevent the island from getting shots for political reasons as infections surge, officials briefed on the matter told Reuters. China and Taiwan have exchanged barbs.
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But the Oxford vaccine s rare side effects, such as blood-clotting, have been cited as one of the reasons why many Taiwanese were hesitant about receiving the vaccine.
According to one opinion poll conducted by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy in April, only 29% of the respondents above the age of 20 were willing to take the AstraZeneca vaccine while 66% of the respondents said they weren t willing to take the vaccine.
Due to the limited number of shots available, Taiwan has also struggled to enhance its overall vaccination rate amid its worst community outbreak since the start of the pandemic last year.