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TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Foxconn and its billionaire founder Terry Gou sought permission from Taiwan's government on Tuesday (June 1) to buy Covid-19 vaccines from Germany's BioNTech as the island grapples with a rise in infections. The proposed purchase of five million doses, which would be distributed among the general population, comes after the government ceded to pressure from opposition parties to allow companies, religious groups and local governments to arrange imports. The Taiwanese government's own deal with BioNTech fell through earlier this year - a problem Taiwan has blamed on pressure from Beijing. China has denied the accusation. BioNTech did...
