Taiwan president vows to speed up Covid-19 vaccination programme

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that about one-fifth to one-fourth of her country's population will be given the first shot of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of July. In a televised speech, Tsai said Taiwan would secure more than 7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, when Japan is scheduled to deliver 1.13 million AstraZeneca doses as the second batch of a donation. In Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu told a news conference on Tuesday that the 1.13 million doses will be shipped on Thursday, Taiwan's state-run Central News Agency reported. On June 4, Jap...