RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Paraguayan Ministry of Health continues to seek contracts with laboratories to purchase vaccines against coronavirus to plan and ensure supply by 2022, the head of the portfolio, Julio Borba, said Tuesday (13) at a press conference at the Government Palace.
Borba had planned a trip to the United States to advance talks with manufacturers this week but suspended it from attending the new stage of vaccination in Paraguay, with essential workers on Monday and people between 35 and 49 years old this Tuesday. The idea is to explore the three or four options we have . . .
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Taiwan, US and Paraguay discuss renewable energy
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
Taiwan and the US are working with Paraguay to identify private-sector opportunities to bolster the renewable energy and electric vehicle sector in the South American country, the US Department of State said on Thursday.
Paraguay is one of Taiwan’s 15 diplomatic allies and its sole ally in South America.
With Paraguay reporting an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past few months, there has been speculation over whether it would switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing to secure medical supplies from China, including vaccines.
Taiwan’s and the US’ embassies partnered with the Paraguayan government to host a virtual meeting on the Partnership Opportunity Delegation, the department said in a news release.
Nation sends oxygen machines to India
JUST THE BEGINNING: The government is planning to buy more machines, as well as raw materials to build them, to help India, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
By Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNA
The nation is to ship 150 oxygen machines to India this weekend, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday, while confirming that talks are underway to conduct clinical trials of a domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine in Paraguay.
The ministry has since last weekend been looking for ways to help India, Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) told reporters in Taipei before heading into a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee to report on Taiwan-Japan relations.