On September 5, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) pointed out that the Polish government had announced a donation of 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine to Taiwan on September 4, and, with cooperative efforts and arrangements between the Polish Government Strategic Reserves Agency and Taiwan's representative office in Poland, the vaccine doses arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at 6:30 a.m. on September 5. This batch of vaccine doses will be offered to individuals to be vaccinated under the national COVID-19 vaccination program after completion of the subsequent testing and lot release procedures.

The CECC hereby expresses its sincere gratitude to the government and people of Poland for donating the batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, which can greatly help the country fight against the virus, amid the global vaccine supply shortages.