COVID-19 vaccines that are made in Taiwan could be ready in July, says minister


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Share this content Bookmark TAIPEI: Taiwan could begin administering its homemade COVID-19 vaccines as early as July, the health minister said on Friday (Feb 26), with the island still awaiting the arrival of imported vaccines to begin its immunisation campaign. Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control thanks to early and effective prevention, with less than 40 active cases, but it has not yet received any vaccines from abroad. Advertisement Advertisement Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told the parliament human trials had begun for two vaccines separately developed by Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics and United Biomedical Inc Asia. "If everything...