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Taiwanese Health Official Warns Against Reliance on Coronavirus Vaccines

Ralph Jennings

   TAIPEI - The Taiwanese health official credited with leading one of the
   world's most successful COVID-19 control efforts is warning people
   globally to keep up their guard against coronavirus even as vaccines
   emerge.

   Governments will face challenges in distributing vaccine shots to their
   populations, leading to an "imbalance" between those who are protected
   and those still at risk, Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told
   VOA on Monday. Coronavirus caseloads worldwide have not yet reached
   their all-time peak, he added.

   Chen's government has kept the Taiwan COVID-19 caseload at just 838
   across a population of nearly 24 million, among the populous world's
   lowest rates, due to strict quarantine rules and tracing of sick
   people's contacts.

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