Coronavirus: US to give Taiwan an additional 1.5 million vaccine doses
- The new delivery of Moderna doses will depart from Kentucky, on Sunday aboard a flight belonging to Taiwan’s China Airlines
- Japan, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Lithuania also have donated Covid-19 vaccines to Taiwan

The new delivery of Moderna doses will depart from Louisville, Kentucky, on Sunday aboard a flight belonging to Taiwan’s China Airlines, the official said.
“Our vaccines do not come with strings attached” and were not donated to “secure favours or extract concessions,” the Biden administration official said, in an apparent reference to criticism that Beijing is trying to strengthen its geopolitical clout through so-called vaccine diplomacy.
The official added that Taiwan was a “vital partner” on global health issues.
The US gave 2.5 million doses to the island claimed by China in June, making it among the first international recipients of US vaccines.
At the time, US officials said China was attempting to block vaccine purchases by Taiwan for political reasons, which Beijing denied.
