Coronavirus: hundreds of Taiwanese book ‘Air V&V’ trips to Guam to get vaccinated

Name: Vaccination vacations: Taiwanese head to Guam on holidays offering Covid-19 jabs
Uploaded: 2021-07-02T11:05:25.000Z
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Description: Vaccination vacations: Taiwanese head to Guam on holidays offering Covid-19 jabs

Under Guam’s vacation and vaccination programme, visitors could receive Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson jabs

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The US Pacific territory of Guam is preparing to offer visitors a Covid-19 vaccination with their holiday, in a bid to restart its struggling tourism industry. Photo: AFP

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Published: 7:05pm, 2 Jul 2021Updated: 3:07pm, 7 Jul 2021

Hundreds of Taiwanese people eager to get a coronavirus vaccine have booked tours to Guam after the US Pacific territory offered jabs to foreign visitors, a travel agency said on Friday.

Tiny Guam, for which tourism is a major economic driver, has limited Covid-19 infections and a high vaccination rate among the local population.

Dubbed “Air V&V” – vacation and vaccination – the new programme is primarily aimed at US expatriates in the Asia-Pacific region, although other nationalities can join.

Participants can choose between the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

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Vaccination vacations: Taiwanese head to Guam on holidays offering Covid-19 jabs

Of the three, only Moderna is available in Taiwan as the island has been struggling to secure enough vaccine supplies.