Vaccination Situation | Taiwan Insider | June 3, 2021 | RTI

[Racing to fill Taiwan’s vaccine shortage] Foxconn founder Terry Gou’s Yonglin Foundation and other private entities are working to buy millions of COVID-19 vaccines, as Taiwan faces the worst outbreak since the pandemic began. Government efforts have so far sourced 20 million foreign vaccines, but only about a million have arrived. Officials say that China interfered with some of its global orders. PLUS: A mass vaccination campaign may begin this month Two Taiwan-made vaccines are on the way: Staś Butler explains how they work, and when they’ll be here A heartwarming gesture for medical workers in Hashtag Taiwan with Leslie LINKS: Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En An explainer on the four different types of COVID-19 vaccine by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance:    • There are four types of COVID-19 vaccines:...   CONNECT WITH US FACEBOOK RTI:   / radiotaiwaninternational   Natalie Tso:   / nataliessinofiles   Andrew Ryan:   / ruananzu   Leslie Liao:   / leslieliao0211   Staś Butler:   / stastaiwan   TWITTER Taiwan Insider @TaiwanInsider RTI: @RadioTaiwan_Eng Natalie Tso: @TsoNatalie Andrew Ryan: @thefeast Leslie Liao: @AngryTaiwanman Staś Butler: @stasbutler #Taiwan #COVID-19 #vaccines Watch all “Taiwan Insider” episodes here:    • Taiwan Insider   CONNECT Facebook:   / taiwaninsider   Twitter:   / radiotaiwan_eng   YouTube:    / rtienglish   Website: https://en.rti.org.tw Email: [email protected]