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The Chinese sales agent for BioNTech said it had signed a deal to provide 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, part of a drawn-out and highly politicised process for the island to access the shots, as reported in Fidelity. Last month, facing public pressure about the pace ofTaiwan'sinoculation programme, the government agreed to allowTerry Gou, the billionaire founder ofTaiwan'sFoxconn, as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), to negotiate on its behalf for the vaccines, which would be donated toTaiwan'sgovernment for distribution. Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, which has a contract with BioNTech to sell the COVID-19 vaccines inChina,Hong Kong,MacauandTaiwan,...
