— Taiwan has set a goal to vaccinate 60% of its population with a COVID-19 vaccine, or 15 million people, a health official said Tuesday. COVAX, a global plan to distribute vaccines equally, has not yet started sending out shipments of vaccines. The island will prioritize frontline health workers and essential personnel to receive the vaccine first, Yang said. Still, an immunization campaign will take time, and will not be finished in just a month or two, Yang warned. Critics say the country’s viral resurgence underscores the risk of encouraging economic activity when vaccines are at least months away.

Source: Daily Sun December 15, 2020 09:22 UTC