US signals in no rush to send Covid-19 shots to Taiwan

The top US diplomat in Taiwan on Wednesday signalled Washington was in no hurry to send Covid-19 vaccines to the island, noting its infection numbers remained comparatively low, although he said talks were continuing on the issue. After months of relative safety, Taiwan is battling a surge in domestic Covid-19 cases, but has only vaccinated around 1% of its more than 23 million people. Taiwan’s government says millions more vaccines are on the way, and last week the health minister spoke to his US counterpart to ask for help after President Joe Biden said he would send at least 20…