Plan to buy the BioNTech shot has been delayed amid intervention by ‘outside forces’, says health minister

A deal for Taiwan to buy 5m doses of a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Germany’s BioNTech is on hold, the island’s health minister said, citing potential pressure from China for the delay.

Taiwan’s health minister, Chen Shih-chung, said officials were on the verge of announcing the deal in December when BioNTech pulled the plug.

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