Taiwan to get 750,000 vaccine shots from US amid China feud

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Foreign minister thanks the country for the support in ensuring jabs are delivered 'free from trouble from Beijing'. FMTNews Vaksin

TAIPEI: The US will donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country’s plan to share shots globally, US Senator Tammy Duckworth said on Sunday, offering a much-needed boost to the island’s fight against the pandemic.

Speaking at Taipei’s downtown Songshan airport after arriving on a brief visit with fellow Senators Dan Sullivan and Christopher Coons, Duckworth said Taiwan would be getting 750,000 doses as part of the first tranche of US donations. Taiwan has complained about China, which claims the democratically-ruled island as its own, trying to block the island from accessing vaccines internationally, which Beijing has denied.

“While we are doing our best to import vaccines, we must overcome obstacles to ensure that these life-saving medicines are delivered free from trouble from Beijing,” he said.

 

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