Taipei rebukes China's offers of COVID vaccines as cases surge in Taiwan | The World

After months of relative safety - Taiwan is facing a surge in domestic COVID-19 cases while running out of vaccines at the same time. The Chinese-claimed island has so far received only about 700,000 doses of vaccine for its more than 23 million people. But has angrily rebuked China's offer to help, accusing Beijing of spreading fake news. National Taiwan University’s Professor Chang-Chuan Chan says not being able to purchase vaccines from China is an obstacle because they need more vaccines to “get out of this mess”. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-2... ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia