The government in May decided to donate 100,000 vaccine doses to Ukraine, 15,000 to Georgia and 11,000 to Moldova. 立陶宛今年5月,決定向烏克蘭(4439萬人)捐贈10萬支疫苗,向喬治亞(372萬人)捐贈1.5萬支疫苗,向摩爾多瓦(266萬人)捐贈1.1萬支疫苗。
The vaccines, donated in response to Taiwan’s request, will be transferred by the end of September. 應臺灣要求捐贈的疫苗將於9月底前調撥。
The vaccines were donated after a June 15 request for help from Taipei's mission in neighbouring Latvia, the Lithuanian health ministry said in a submission to the government. They will be transferred by the end of September. "We'd like to do more, but we do what we can," Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said during a government meeting that was broadcast in Lithuania.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's spokesman Xavier Chang office hailed the donation, adding: "This friendship from the Baltic Sea is precious." Taiwan had given Lithuania 100,000 medical-grade face masks last year when the coronavirus pandemic was spreading around the world, he said. Taiwan is trying to speed up a vaccination programme that has been hobbled by supply delays. read more It got a major boost this month when Japan donated 1.24 million AstraZeneca shots, followed on Sunday by 2.5 million Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) doses from the United States.
Infection numbers are now falling on the island after a rise since last month. Lithuania's government said last month it would also donate 100,000 vaccine doses to Ukraine, 15,000 to Georgia and 11,000 to Moldova.