COVID-19: Government should press US on vaccine supply: KMTBy Wu Su-wei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus will tomorrow table a resolution asking the government to urge the US to send more Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to give elderly Taiwanese their second shot, KMT Legislator Jessica Chen (陳玉珍) said yesterday. From left, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Lin Yi-hua, Jessica Chen and Sandy Yeh speak to reporters in Taipei yesterday, calling on the government to do more to secure supplies of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Adding in the 1.5 million doses donated by the US and the Czech Republic, Taiwan has so far received 4.03 million doses of Moderna. Central Epidemic Command Center statistics showed that as of Thursday last week, 3.43 million Taiwanese had received at least one shot of Moderna, and 330,000 had received two shots of the vaccine. Given that Taiwan-US relations are at a historic high, it should not be a problem to press the US about receiving more Moderna doses soon, KMT Legislator Sandy Yeh (葉毓蘭) said.

Source: Taipei Times September 15, 2021 15:56 UTC