Approximately 1.13 million additional doses provided by the Japanese government have arrived in Taiwan, where procurement of the new coronavirus vaccine has been delayed.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese officials have decided to relax some of the restrictions, saying that the infection situation in the region is beginning to settle down.
Approximately 1.13 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine additionally provided by the Japanese government were carried by air from Narita Airport and arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on the afternoon of the 8th.
The amount of vaccine provided from Japan to Taiwan is approximately 2.37 million, including the amount for June.
The United States also provided 2.5 million doses in June to Taiwan, which has been delayed in procuring vaccines, and when including the portion purchased by itself, it exceeded 7 million doses.
President Tsai Ing-wen aims to increase the proportion of people who receive at least one vaccination to more than 20% of the population by the end of July.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese officials announced on the 8th that 18 new cases have been confirmed in the region.
This is the lowest number since the outbreak of infection in mid-May.
In response, authorities have extended the second-to-top alert level of the four levels for another two weeks to maintain it until July 26, but conditionally banned eating and drinking in the store and operating the cinema. We decided to relax some of the behavioral restrictions from the 13th, such as admitting.