Japan prefers imported Pfizer, Moderna jabs for domestic inoculation, and has given away most of its AstraZeneca supplies. (Reuters file pohto)TOKYO: Japan said on Tuesday it will donate an additional 1.3 million AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan and other Asian neighbours, including 300,000 doses to Thailand. Taiwan will get 500,000 more doses, bringing Japan's total donation to the island to 3.9 million, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters. To date, Japan has given out more than 23 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Japan to countries in South Asia and the Pacific islands, he said. Additionally, Japan has pledged $1 billion and 30 million doses to the Covax programme, overseen by the GAVI alliance and the World Health Organization.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2021 03:55 UTC