TAIPEI — Taiwan’s health minister warned on Tuesday of further delays to getting more COVID-19 vaccines but said the government was doing all it could to get them, as he reported a stabilization of new infections. Taiwan has been struggling to speed up its vaccination program while it deals with a spike in domestic cases, with only about 3% of its 23.5 million people having received at least one shot. “We hope that by the end of August, 10 million vaccines will reach Taiwan,” Chen added, reiterating a previous timetable. Taiwan has 10 million doses on order from AstraZeneca Plc and more than 5 million from Moderna Inc, plus about another 5 million from the COVAX global sharing scheme. “I continue to call on people to avoid moving around during the Dragon Boat festival,” Chen said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 08, 2021 07:07 UTC