Japan announced on Tuesday that it will donate an additional 1.3 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan and other neighboring countries. The additional AstraZeneca Plc doses (approximately 500,000) will bring Japan's total donations to the island to 3.9 million, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters.
According to sources in...
Terry Gou, the founder of major Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, has requested that vaccine maker BioNTech SE reserve an order of 30 million units of its coronavirus vaccine for Taiwan. According to Gou, Taiwan is very keen to receive vaccination doses from BioNTech, jointly developed with Pfizer. This comes...
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced that they are currently seeking approval for the release of their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. The application is scheduled to be submitted by the end of this week.
Competitors such as Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are making inroads of their own with...
AstraZeneca has secured an order from Thailand for the sale of 61 million of their COVID-19 vaccine doses this year, a spokesperson for the Thai government. This comes as the Southeast Asian country looks to combat a recent uptick in coronavirus cases that have affected the nation.
Despite being AstraZeneca's...
South Korea's health ministry confirmed on Sunday that it has secured an order for 7.01 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from Moderna Inc. This is in addition to the 1.3 million Moderna doses that were delivered to South Korea earlier this month.
The 7.01 million dose top-up comes after the...
The World Bank and COVAX revealed on Monday their financing mechanism intended to speed up the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, where vaccination rollouts are occurring at a significantly slower rate than in wealthier nations. This plan will see COVAX, the global vaccine distribution program, accept advance...
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE revealed on Wednesday that they've completed a deal with the South African Biovac Institute to process and distribute approximately 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to members of the African Union. While production will begin in 2022, equipment installations, on-site developments, and the transfer of technology...
Taiwanese company Pou Chen Corp halted operations at its plant in the Vietnamese capital of Ho Chih Minh City last wek as a result of COVID-19 concerns. The factory, which produces footwear for Nike and Adidas, took the decision as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Vietnam's business hub.
Vietnam's...
The Vietnamese health ministry reported on Wednesday that U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer would be providing 20 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the Southeast Asian country. The vaccines, co-developed by German biotech company BioNTech, are expected to be administered to 12 to 18-year-olds as part of the next...
An Israeli health official revealed on Sunday that Israel is currently in talks with several other countries over plans to redistribute some of its surplus stock of COVID-19 vaccines. The doses, developed by vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech, are due to expire by the end of the month.
Hezi Levi,...