Nation sends oxygen machines to IndiaJUST THE BEGINNING: The government is planning to buy more machines, as well as raw materials to build them, to help India, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs saidBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNAThe nation is to ship 150 oxygen machines to India this weekend, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday, while confirming that talks are underway to conduct clinical trials of a domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine in Paraguay. Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu, second left, is pictured at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee in Taipei yesterday. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Tsao (曹立傑) on Wednesday told lawmakers that the oxygen machines and other aid would be sent to India on China Airlines (華航) cargo flights. “Participating in clinical trials means not only contributing to science, but also guaranteeing vaccines for our country,” he said, inadvertently revealing that discussions had already begun. Both sides expressed a “high degree of willingness” to cooperate on conducting clinical trials in Paraguay, she added.

Source: Taipei Times April 29, 2021 15:56 UTC