American Institute in Taiwan Director Brent Christensen delivers a virtual farewell speech in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times, from an AIT livestreamChristensen lauded Taiwan’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic and said that the nation’s health authorities would certainly contain the latest outbreak. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, seated center, speaks at a news conference at the Taipei City Epidemic Command Center yesterday. The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that 150,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses would be distributed to local governments today and frontline healthcare workers who are directly exposed to infected people would have priority. Chen on Tuesday announced that 2 million vaccine doses would arrive by the end of next month and 10 million doses, including locally produced ones, would be available by August.

Source: Taipei Times May 26, 2021 15:56 UTC