Taiwan continues to see hundreds of new infections a day. The island reported 286 cases on Thursday - marking the sixth day in a row the number has reached well over 100.

The island is now under a level-three alert - its second highest warning. All schools have been closed for 10 days. More than 400,000 doses from AstraZeneca arrived via the World Health Organization's COVAX sharing program on Wednesday. Taiwan has ordered more than 20 million doses, including from Moderna and AstraZeneca but had only received 300,000 so far.