TAIPEI — Taiwan aims to cover 60% of its population with at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine by October, the health minister said on Friday, adding that the island’s infection rate was not good, despite its pandemic curbs.
Battling a spike in domestic cases, Taiwan announced 555 new infections on Friday, after months in which the virus was well under control, and has called its second highest alert to limit gatherings and shut entertainment venues.
“If we turn on all the firepower for vaccination, the coverage for the first shot could reach 60%,” Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told a daily news briefing.
Authorities will use a combination of imported and home-made va…
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