Pfizer-BioNTech doses arrive, more batches dueStaff writer, with CNATaiwan yesterday received its sixth shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, while another shipment of the vaccines, as well as a batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, are scheduled to arrive today, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. Yesterday’s shipment of 889,200 doses arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on a China Airlines flight at 5:34am. It is part of 15 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses ordered by three private entities — the Hon Hai Precision Industries Co-affiliated Yonglin Foundation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, and the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation — and donated to the government for distribution among the public. Photo courtesy of the CECCAs of yesterday, Taiwan had received more than 4.2 million doses of the vaccine. Meanwhile, the CECC yesterday reported four new imported COVID- 19 cases, but no domestic infections or deaths.

Source: Taipei Times October 07, 2021 15:56 UTC