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Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Taiwan will receive 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in June, and have millions more become available by the end of August, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Tuesday.
Chen said he expected Taiwan to have received a total of 10 million doses by Aug. 31, and he urged that the supply to be received through the COVAX global vaccine-sharing program proceed as usual and not be affected by other factors.
The chief of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) did not elaborate on what factors he was referring to or what brand of vaccines Taiwan will receive in the coming months.
Delhi leader says Indian government vaccine procurement policies are a joke
From CNN’s Esha Mitra in New Delhi and CNN’s Amanda Sealy
Delhi’s deputy chief minister said the Indian central government s vaccine rollout is “a joke, saying international companies including Pfizer have declined their separate requests for vaccines.
“What kind of a joke is being made of vaccines,” Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said in an online address Monday, while discussing the central government s efforts at vaccine procurement and distribution.
“If we ask the central government for vaccines from Indian companies, they say they will give us only 4 lakh (400,000 doses),” Sisodia said. The population of Delhi was more than 11 million in the last census in 2011.
COVID-19: School closures extended until June 14
HOMESCHOOLING: The minister of education urged employers to support workers who need to take time off to take care of their young children during the closure
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The suspension of in-person classes at schools across the nation has been extended until June 14, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) made the announcement at the Central Epidemic Command Center’s daily news briefing in the afternoon after Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said the nationwide level 3 COVID-19 alert would continue through June 14.
Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Taiwan's nationwide Level 3 alert for COVID-19 has been extended to June 14, given the severity of the domestic transmissions, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Tuesday.
Production of daily necessities, sanitation items stabilizes
05/25/2021 07:24 PM
CNA photo May 12, 2021
Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Although daily necessities and sanitation items have sold out in some retail outlets due to high demand, production has stabilized, the Department of Consumer Protection under the Executive Yuan said Tuesday.
A market survey conducted from May 18-23 shows that supplies of these necessities has stabilized at both retailers and on e-commerce platforms from the previous week, according to the department.
Those products include toilet paper, rice, instant noodles, frozen food, masks, rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizer and wet wipes, the department said.
Among them, demand for rubbing alcohol and instant noodles was on occasions too high for both retailers and e-commerce platforms to keep shelves stocked, according to the department.