Japan to give millions more AstraZeneca shots to Asia

1m jabs for each Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam

Vaccine supplies are loaded onto a Taiwan-bound jetliner. Japan on June 25 pledges to donate 1 million doses each to Taiwan, Vietnam and other Asian economies. © Taiwan Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan/Handout via Reuters

June 25, 2021 16:56 JST

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will donate 1 million coronavirus vaccine doses each to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand starting next week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday.

Tokyo will also offer 1 million doses each to Taiwan and Vietnam, in addition to the batches of 1.24 million and 1 million shots provided to them, respectively, earlier in the month, Motegi told a regular press conference.