First batch of COVID-19 vaccine expected in Taiwan by April: premier


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To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. AstraZeneca vaccine. Photo: Anadolu Agency Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) A total of 4.76 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Taiwan has secured through the global vaccine-sharing initiative COVAX are expected to become available by April, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said Friday. The vaccines will come from manufacturers such as Oxford University and British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, as well as Germany-based BioNTech (BNT), Su said. The vaccine will be part of 20 million doses obtained by the government so far -- which will include 5.05 million doses from American...