Taiwan says Thailand prioritising AstraZeneca shots for itself

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Taiwan says Thailand prioritising AstraZeneca shots
for itself



Thailand is 鉆�鉊�鉆�鉊猖lotxo prioritising AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines produced in
the country for itself due to the severity of the pandemic there, which has delayed
deliveries to Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday (Jun 11).

Taiwan is dealing with a spike in domestic infections and only 3 per cent of its 23.5
million people have received at least one shot of a vaccination so far, with millions of
doses on order that have yet to arrive.

"The problem is that the goods that were supposed to have arrived in June have not,"
Tsai told a Taiwanese radio station.

Taiwan has ordered 10 million doses from AstraZeneca which is mainly producing
the shots in Thailand, she said.

"Now Thailand's epidemic situation is serious and they are giving priority for vaccines
to be used in Thailand," Tsai added.

Thailand has reported 189,828 infections, with over 80 per cent of the new cases
and fatalities coming since April.

AstraZeneca did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Taiwan's Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told lawmakers on Tuesday that orders
from AstraZeneca would be delayed by a month due to production problems at
the firm's Thai plant.