GOOD INTENTIONS: Several corporations and religious groups have contacted the CECC to help procure jabs, with one group saying it would donate 500,000 shotsBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Taiwan government will only import Covid-19 jabs through direct contracts with original vaccine manufacturers, a top official said here on Saturday.Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) chief Chen Shih-chung expressed gratitude for the .
Taipei, May 29 (CNA) A non-governmental organization in Taiwan said Saturday it has received an offer of 10 million free doses of COVID-19 vaccine from a cultural center in Beijing.
RESERVES LOW: While non-urgent medical procedures are suspended amid a spike in local COVID-19 cases, the supply of blood remains urgent, an expert group saidBy Yang Mien-chieh, Liu Hsiao-hsin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
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Foxconn Technology Group founder and chairman, Terry Gou, speaks during a news conference after his trip to the U.S., in Taipei, Taiwan May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of major Apple Inc (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn, said on Saturday his charity plans to apply to import 5 million doses of BioNTech SE s (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine into Taiwan, which is tackling a spike in infections.
After recording just a handful of daily infections for months, Taiwan is currently dealing with relatively large numbers of community transmissions. It has only vaccinated around 1% of its more than 23 million people, though it has almost 30 million shots on order, from AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L), Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) and two domestic firms.