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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen has apologised for the recent surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths. On Saturday (June 12), Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre reported 251 new Covid-19 cases and 26 deaths, a slight decrease from the previous day’s tally of 287 cases and 28 deaths. On the same day, Tsai published a short video on Twitter, apologising to all.
Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Sunday that he hoped the Chinese firm Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co., which reportedly holds the distribution rights to the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the Greater China area, will not interfere with Taiwan's attempts to purchase vaccines from the German company.
Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Taiwan's military has started to administer the 45,000 doses of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine it was allocated by the central government, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Sunday.