Taiwan says Thailand prioritising AstraZeneca shots for itself

TAIPEI - Thailand is prioritising for itself AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccines produced in the southeast Asian nation because of the severity of the pandemic there, thus delaying deliveries to Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday.

The island is battling a spike in domestic infections and just 3% of its 23.5 million people have received at least one vaccine dose, with millions of shots on order but yet to arrive. "The problem is that the goods that were supposed to have arrived in June have not," Tsai told a Taiwan radio station.