Japan will provide 1.24 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Britain's AstraZeneca Plc to Taiwan, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday, to help the self-ruled island alleviate its struggles in procuring shots.

The vaccine doses, to be shipped by air, will arrive in Taipei later Friday, he told a press conference.

==Kyodo

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