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Taipei, Mar 22 (EFE/EPA).-Taiwan began Monday to administer 44,500 AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines at 57 designated hospitals across the country. The 44,500 doses are amongst the first batch from a shipment of 117,000 AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in Taiwan on Mar 3.(Camera: RITCHIE TONGO)SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVE IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
Taipei, May 19 (EFE/EPA).- Taiwan will receive 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday amid an outbreak in the country, which recorded 275 new cases in the last 24 hours, officials said Wednesday.The vaccine shipment will arrive in Taiwan by air from Amsterdam at about 4 pm, government spokesperson Lo Ping-cheng said.The recent surge in Covid-19 cases has changed the minds of the Taiwanese, who were initially reluctant to get vaccinated, leading to a considerable increase in demand for vaccines, state-run news agency CNA reported. (Camera: RITCHIE TONGO).SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES SPRAYING DISINFECTANT IN A TRAIN STATION, EXTERIOR VIEW OF FAR EASTERN HOSPITAL AND PANIC BUYING AT A SUPERMARKET IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN.
Brussels, Apr 8 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) The latest information on the possible adverse effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine and the withdrawal of some countries to use this vaccine in certain age groups have not only disrupted national vaccination plans but have also generated doubts among those vaccinated, while others maintain their confidence in the jab.FOOTAGE OF A VACCINATION CENTER IN BRUSSELS. SOUNDBITES OF CITIZENS.MAURICE"I received my first dose of AstraZeneca 15 days ago and I will receive the second at the beginning of June since its has to be a gap of 12 weeks between both doses. I had no side effects, I was a little tired for 4 or 5 days but no more.""It is more dangerous to catch a plane, a train, or a car than the consequences of AstraZeneca's vaccine. Anyway, any medicine carries a risk, just read the instructions that come with the medicine ... For me, it would be better if there would not be so much talk about this."MONIQUE"Yes why not, it is a harmless vaccine you have to trust."GARALI"No, I am 79 years old and I have hypertension so I cannot afford that vaccine. As all televisions talk about it and say that it is not a good vaccine, one is skeptical."ROLANDE (IN ENGLISH)
Two days after a major earthquake struck eastern Taiwan, relief work continues beside a heavily leaning building in the city of Hualien. IMAGES
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if Beijing invaded the self-ruled island. "That's the commitment we made," he said when asked if the US would intervene militarily against a Chinese attempt to forcibly take control of Taiwan. "We agreed with the One China policy, we signed on to it... but the idea that it can be taken by force is just not appropriate". SOUNDBITE
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