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The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 19 March 2023 [update] in Taiwan , 10,231,343 are confirmed cases, including 18,775 deaths.
On 15 July Taiwan received three shipments of COVID-19 vaccines. The shipments of vaccine includes 970,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Japan, 560,000 doses of the vaccine manufactured in Thailand, and 350,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine made in Europe, which equals to a total of 1.88 million doses of vaccines.
Yoshihide Suga, the prime minister of Japan vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 vaccination in Japan started later than in most other major economies. [4] The country has frequently been regarded as "slow" in its vaccination efforts. [5] [6] Japan has so far approved Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca for use.
Thailand became the first country outside China to report a case. Its first case was on 13 January 2020, involving a 61-year-old Chinese woman who was a resident of Wuhan. She flew with her family to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on 8 January where she was detected using a thermal surveillance and then hospitalised. A few days later she was ...
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan sent 1.24 million doses of vaccine to Taiwan for free on June 4, 2021. [68] [69] This prompted a wave of gratitude from Taiwanese people, [70] while the PRC condemned Japan's move. [71]
Japan has appointed a serving government official to act as its de facto defence attache in Taiwan, four sources said, elevating security ties in a move likely to anger China, which claims the ...
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The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). [3] The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. [4]