China Taiwan Net, June 18, according to Taiwan’s “Central News Agency”, the U.S. State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific, Jonathan Fritz, said on the 17th that the U.S. and Taiwan are “cooperating closely” to ensure that the 750,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S. are in line with Taiwan’s Regional regulations are expected to be delivered soon.
As for the possibility of OEM vaccines in Taiwan, he revealed that "the two sides are discussing cooperation."
According to reports, the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Asia-Pacific Group held a hearing on the same day, inviting Fei Dewei and other officials to attend to discuss how to enhance the so-called "US-Taiwan relations." Many lawmakers are concerned about when the US-donated vaccine will be delivered.
Fei Dewei said that he was unable to provide an exact schedule for when the vaccine was actually delivered on the plane, but the United States and Taiwan are working closely together, and he expects it will be delivered within a short period of time.
As for whether the U.S. plans to cooperate with Taiwan in vaccine manufacturing and distribution, he claimed that Biden said that he would cooperate with so-called "ally partners" to make the U.S. a "vaccine arsenal", and Taiwan does have this capability. Have a conversation".
Democratic Party Asia-Pacific Group Chairman Ed Markey asked whether the Biden administration would consider providing vaccines as an extension of the US's so-called "self-defense" commitment to Taiwan, given that the epidemic may affect Taiwan's military preparations.
Fei Dewei said that the first batch of 750,000 doses of vaccine allocated by the United States to Taiwan is only the first batch of several batches they hope to donate.
Although he cannot speak on the actual distribution of the second wave, the third wave or even the future donation, the US will continue to consider Taiwan’s needs, not just security needs, but also consider that if the epidemic is not controlled, it may affect key industries such as semiconductors. .
According to the latest news from Taiwanese media, the Epidemic Command Center in Taiwan said that about 240,000 doses of the Modena vaccine arrived in Taiwan at about 4 pm today and will be valid until December 15 this year.
In response to the DPP authorities’ gratitude to Japan and the United States for donating vaccines, on the other hand they blocked the mainland’s vaccine shipments to Taiwan, Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, recently stated that the DPP authorities put their own political self-interest above the lives of the people and refuses to close. The mainland vaccine in front of us is constantly filling Taiwanese people's hunger.
They turned their crimes into punishments for the people of Taiwan, which caused anger and resentment among the people on the island. It is not surprising that they "want to leave together".
In the face of those lives that are constantly dying, it is still the same sentence. If the mainland vaccine is opened one day earlier, the lives and health of the people on the island will be guaranteed one day earlier.
(China Taiwan Network Li Ning)