Taiwan to produce own avian flu vaccines

The Council of Agriculture (COA) said Wednesday that it will not buy avian flu vaccines from overseas but will produce them itself, amid criticism that it has squandered a lot of money buying imported vaccines, only to end up destroying them after they reached their expiration date.

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