Taiwan says plans to contribute to global fund on fighting pandemics


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09/23/2021 3:27 TAIPEI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to contribute to a new fund run by the World Bank fund to fight pandemics and will also share vaccines globally once it has enough domestic supply, former Taiwan Vice President Chen Chien-jen told a virtual summit on COVID-19. U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday promised at the summit to buy 500 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries. The U.S. government is also calling for a $10 billion global health security financial intermediary fund, or FIF, to be run by the World Bank. Speaking at the summit,...