CORONAVIRUS/Government denies Gou accusations on handling of failed vaccine deal
05/10/2023 06:59 PM
The government on Wednesday denied a claim by business tycoon Terry Gou (郭台銘) that Taiwan's planned purchase of Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID-19 vaccines in early 2021 was blocked because of how Taiwan was to be described in the sale's announcement.
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