Taiwan leader gets first domestic vaccine shot

One for the album: Tsai posing for a photo after her jab. — AP

TAIPEI: President Tsai Ing-wen got vaccinated with Taiwan’s first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, giving her personal stamp of approval as the island begins rolling out the shot whose approval critics say has been rushed.

The health ministry last month approved the emergency use of Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp’s Covid-19 vaccine, part of a broader plan for inoculation self-sufficiency as delays in vaccine deliveries from global drug companies have affected Taiwan and many other countries.