Japan to donate more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan – The Mainichi

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan will provide Taiwan with some 1.13 million more doses of the AstraZeneca Plc coronavirus vaccine later this week, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday. The latest donation, to be delivered Thursday after a request from Taiwan, follows an initial batch of about 1.24 million doses transferred to the island in early June. The vaccine was developed by the British company and produced under license in Japan, according to the Foreign Ministry. “As people in Taiwan face difficulties, we hope that the vaccine from Japan will contribute to preventing the spread of infections,” Motegi said in…