A donation of 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from Lithuania is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan on July 31, Taiwan’s representative office in Latvia said Wednesday.
And some of my favorite parts of the article:
“I am proud that we can, albeit in a small way, show solidarity with the Taiwanese people in combating the COVID-19,” he tweeted. “Freedom-loving people should look out for each other!”
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte was also cited in the media there as saying that the Baltic country would like to do more, “but we do what we can.”
Meanwhile, there was a surge in monetary donations from Taiwanese to charity groups in Lithuania after it pledged the donation of 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Taiwan.
Are you suggesting that the billionaire that went through so much trouble just to donate million vials of Pfizer vaccine is trying to stop people from getting vaccinated???
I posted this in the info only post, but I’m reposting here because I know we have had a few posters in this thread asking about vaccination without NHI cards.
The CECC said at today’s press conference that foreigners without NHI will be able to register for vaccination starting on 8/6. Instructions are included in the below link for the three different categories of foreigners.
There are some sources that says anyone over 50 can now register their preferred vaccine for their second shot. Both my parents are over 65, and when I entered them into the system, the system says they would have to wait until at least Sep 13.
My partner and I are both 65+ and we registered for #2 yesterday via the 1922 site. Shot #1 was done on July 14 and it says #2 will be from 22 September.
The CECC further pointed out that mixing vaccines is not available at present
. Individuals in the top three priority groups and pregnant women are considered to be eligible to receive their second dose of the Moderna vaccine 28 days after their first shot, and other individuals are considered eligible to receive a second dose at an interval of 10 to 12 weeks between their two doses.
For a first shot of Moderna, it’ll depend on the delivery schedule (no details yet) as well as where you fit in the priority sequence (oldest to youngest, not first come first serve).
Those cookiebandit / NY Times / Yahoo News numbers for AZ in Taiwan are way out of whack, best ignore them. Thats what happens when numbers get passed from one source to another - they change!!
But I get the drift, it seems that South Korea has its own Vaccine problems, and thats even with an AZ Manufacturing facility in SK.