The Taiwan locally produced Corona Vaccine hasn't received any approval anywhere in the world including Taiwan nor it has gained any confidence outside the Chinese disputed island.
Let us just hope and pray the guinea pig Citizens in the Traingle desert state of Northwestern Somalia don't develop new disease that becomes pandemic in within the Horn since there are fears of China Sabatoging the Taiwanese Vaccine.
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Let us just hope and pray the guinea pig Citizens in the Traingle desert state of Northwestern Somalia don't develop new disease that becomes pandemic in within the Horn since there are fears of China Sabatoging the Taiwanese Vaccine.
Taiwan tries hand at COVID diplomacy again with Somaliland vaccine gift
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Taiwanâs gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somaliaâs breakaway Somaliland region, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Monday, part of the islandâs renewed pandemic diplomacy push.
Taiwan has donated millions of face masks and other goods around the world in what the government has called the âTaiwan can help, Taiwan is helpingâ programme to show the island is a responsible member of the international community, despite being locked out of most global bodies because of Chinaâs objections.
Taiwanâs Foreign Ministry said the vaccine doses, made by Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp, arrived in Hargeisa on Sunday and were met at the airport by Somaliland Health Minister Hassan Mohamed Ali Gafadhi and Taiwanâs de facto ambassador there, Allen Lou.
âOn the basis of the shared values of democracy and freedom between Taiwan and Somaliland, our countryâs government will continue to steadily strengthen the cooperative relationship between the two sides and jointly fight the global pandemic and defend universal values,â the ministry added.
Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its independence. The region has been mostly peaceful while Somalia has grappled with three decades of civil war.
Taiwan and Somaliland set up representative offices in each otherâs capitals in 2020.
Both China, which claims Taiwan as its own, and Somalia have expressed their opposition to Taiwan and Somalilandâs forging of ties. In Africa, only tiny Eswatini maintains full relations with Taiwan.
The Medigen vaccine has so far only received limited international recognition, but strong support from Taiwanâs government, which backed its development partially over fears China could hamper its international purchase of vaccines.
The pandemic is well under control in Taiwan and most people have been vaccinated with shots made by AstraZeneca Plc, BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc, though some senior officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen, have chosen to take Medigen to show their confidence in it.
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Taiwan tries hand at COVID diplomacy again with Somaliland vaccine gift
Taiwanâs gift of 150,000 doses of its domestically developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Somaliaâs breakaway Somaliland region, the Taiwanese foreign ministry said on Monday, part of the islandâs renewed pandemic diplomacy push.
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