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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Germany\u2019s BioNTech asked Taiwan to remove the word \u201ccountry\u201d from an announcement they planned to make on a COVID-19 vaccine sale to the island, its health minister said on Thursday, giving details of the deal whose axing was blamed on China by Taipei.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung holds a news conference about Taiwan’s efforts to get into the World Health Organization in Taipei, Taiwan, May 15, 2020. REUTERS\/Ann Wang<\/figcaption>

Taiwan and China are engaged in an escalating war of words after Beijing offered the shots to the Chinese-claimed island via Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd, which has a contract to sell them in Greater China.<\/p>\n

Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told a daily news briefing the government had signed and sent back a \u201cfinal contract\u201d agreed with BioNTech after months of negotiations, and the two sides were on the verge of issuing a press release on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n

But four hours later \u201cBioNTech suddenly sent a letter, saying they strongly recommend us to change the word \u2018our country\u2019 in the Chinese version of the press release,\u201d Chen said.<\/p>\n

The government agreed to tweak the wording to \u201cTaiwan\u201d on the same day, he added.<\/p>\n

A week later, Chen said, his government was informed by BioNTech the completion of the deal will be delayed due to a \u201crevaluation of global vaccine supply and adjusted timelines\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crystal clear to me that the contract was finalised,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no problem within the contract. The problem was something outside of the contract,\u201d he said, without elaborating.<\/p>\n

BioNTech declined to comment.<\/p>\n

China considers Taiwan its own territory and strongly objects to any references that imply Taiwan is a separate country.<\/p>\n

Chen\u2019s comments came a day after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen directly accused China of blocking the deal with BioNTech.<\/p>\n

The German company, which sells its vaccine in partnership with Pfizer Inc, declined to comment on Tsai\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n

Taiwan\u2019s medical system is coming under increasing strain due to a spike in domestic infections with only about 1% of the population of more than 23 million vaccinated.<\/p>\n

China has repeatedly said its vaccine offer via BioNTech\u2019s Chinese sales agent Fosun is sincere and Taiwan should not put up political roadblocks.<\/p>\n

Taiwan does not believe China is sincere in offering it vaccines and thinks Beijing is launching a \u201cpolitical warfare\u201d against the island, officials briefed on the matter told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Taiwan announced 667 new domestic COVID-19 cases on Thursday, including 266 cases added to previous days\u2019 totals.<\/p>\n

It has reported 6,761 infections since the pandemic began, including 59 deaths.<\/p>\n

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