Fifty-five new cases as third Moderna batch arrivesBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 55 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections and five deaths, as the nation took delivery of a third shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that it had purchased from the US drugmaker. Workers at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday move refrigerated cases of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine after unloading them. Photo: Tony Yao, Taipei TimesThe infection sources of 31 cases have been identified, while 22 cases are under investigation and two are unclear, Chen said. Another case was linked to the cluster infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Pingtung County, bringing the total to 15 — two imported cases and 13 locally transmitted cases, Chen said. The 410,000 doses is part of Taiwan’s order of 5.05 million Moderna doses.

Source: Taipei Times June 30, 2021 15:56 UTC