Taiwan mobilises diplomats to seek out COVID-19 shots

18/5/2021 12:32

        Taiwan is in talks with the United States for a share of the COVID-19 vaccine doses President Joe Biden plans to send abroad, Taipei's top official
        in Washington said, as the island deals with a rare spike in domestic cases.
        
        Biden said the United States would send at least 20 million more vaccine doses abroad by the end of June, marking the first time the United States has shared vaccines authorised for domestic use.
        
        Biden announced on Monday that his administration would send doses of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, on top of 60 million AstraZeneca Plc doses he had already planned to give to other countries. .
        
        The United States, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, but is its most important international backer.