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Over a million vaccines from Japan arrive in Taiwan as island continues Covid-19 battle
- Taipei thanked Japan for the shipment of 1.24m doses of AstraZeneca’s product while the US has also promised to send supplies
- Taiwan is currently trying to stop the latest outbreak spreading as new clusters of cases emerge
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Taiwan’s drive to secure Covid-19 vaccines has received a fresh boost with both Japan and the United States offering to provide supplies as it fights a widening outbreak that saw 474 new infections and 21 new deaths on Friday.
A shipment of 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine donated by the Japanese government arrived at Taoyuan International Airport on Friday afternoon – a sign of appreciation for the island’s help following the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima nuclear plant.
“There is an urgent need for Taiwan until it can establish a domestic production line in July,” Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told parliament on Thursday.
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Taiwan’s foreign ministry thanked Japan for the donation and also expressed its appreciation for supporting its efforts to attend the World Health Assembly.
It also thanked the US for contributing 7 million doses to Asia-Pacific “countries and entities”, including Taiwan.
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