A shipment of 1.24 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, donated by Japan, is unloaded yesterday after arriving at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. The text “Taiwan loves Japan” is displayed on Taipei 101 yesterday after Japan sent Taiwan with 1.24 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which arrived in Taiwan yesterday. Originally a regular passenger flight between Tokyo and Taoyuan, the flight was canceled to transport the vaccine doses. “Taiwan always accompanies Japan through pain or agony,” Japanese Representative to Taiwan Hiroyasu Izumi said in a statement in Mandarin. The White House on Thursday detailed its plan to distribute 25 million vaccine doses, the first of 80 million it plans to share worldwide by the end of the month.

Source: Taipei Times June 04, 2021 15:56 UTC