World : Japan to send extra 1.3 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID vaccine to Asian nations


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|COVID–19 NEWS| TOKYO, Sept 14 -- Japan will provide an additional 1.3 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine by AstraZeneca to Asian countries, reported Sputnik, quoting Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday. "Based on requests from the relevant countries, we have decided to provide 500,000 doses to Taiwan, 400,000 doses to Vietnam, 300,000 doses to Thailand and 100,000 doses to Brunei. They will be sent when ready," Motegi said at a briefing. All the doses designed for export are produced under licence in Japan. The Japanese government has inked a contract for 120 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine but...