UPDATE 2-Taiwan mobilises diplomats to seek out COVID-19 shots


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(Adds Taiwan president's comments) By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, May 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan is mobilising its diplomatic corps to secure a speedier delivery of COVID-19 vaccines - a quest that has become more urgent since a sudden rise in domestic cases on an island that has vaccinated less than 1% of its population. Taiwan has reported more than 700 new domestic infections during the past week, leading to new curbs in the capital, Taipei, and shocking a population that had become accustomed to life carrying on almost normally with the pandemic well under control. Taiwan, a major semiconductor manufacturing hub,...