ADVERTISEMENTBut over the past week it has reported more than 400 domestic cases, out of a total of 1,682 infections recorded since the pandemic began. Tough new restrictions have been imposed in the capital, Taipei, for the first time as authorities fear an increasing number of cases. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said last week more vaccines would be arriving from next month, though she gave no details. China has been shipping supplies of its domestically developed vaccines around the world and has offered them to Taiwan via the COVAX global sharing scheme. Taiwan law does not permit the use of Chinese vaccines.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 17, 2021 05:15 UTC