Foxconn founder asks BioNTech to reserve 30 million more COVID-19 vaccines for Taiwan

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Foxconn founder asks BioNTech to reserve 30 million more vaccines for Taiwan

quest to access the vaccine, jointly developed with Pfizer, has dragged on for months, hampered by accusations from Taipei of political interference from Beijing, which claims the island as Chinese territory. Beijing has denied the allegations.

In a lengthy post on his Facebook page late on Sunday , Gou said he"had been promised" that 8 million to 9 million doses would arrive this year, with the first shots arriving in September.

 

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They needed approval from its Taiwan agent based in China if not they can sue either party and it looked like Taiwan made vaccines aren't reliable for use!

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