Tsai Ing-wen, President of Taiwan, receives the first dose of the homemade “Medijn-Covid” vaccine
Today, Monday, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen received the first dose of a homemade anti-Covid-19 vaccine, which also became available to citizens on the same day.
After receiving a dose of the Medigen COVID-19 vaccine, which was locally developed by a Taiwanese company, Tsai told the media that she did not even feel the prick of the needle, then gave an "ok" nod and raised her thumb, according to the state-run Central News Agency.
Today, Taiwan began providing the Medigen vaccine, and many public figures, including city council members, went to receive the vaccine dose to show their support for the locally produced vaccine.
On Sunday, the Central Epidemic Command Center said that nearly 40% of Taiwan's 23.5 million residents have received a single dose of AstraZeneca or Moderna vaccine. However, only about 3% of the population received both doses.
According to the center, Taiwan has obtained more than 10.7 million doses of vaccines against the emerging coronavirus, and more doses will be available in the near future.
It seems that the strict measures to combat Corona in Taiwan, which were adopted since mid-May to deal with a new wave of infections, are affecting the infection numbers in Taiwan, as the number of new locally transmitted cases amounted to less than 10 per day over several days.
Since the pandemic began, Taiwan has recorded a total of 15,926 cases of the virus. As of Sunday, the number of deaths reached 828.
