The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday ordered the suspension of work at an electronics company where a cluster of 182 COVID-19 infections was reported. It also ordered all migrant workers at the firm to enter home isolation.
King Yuan Electronics, a chip testing and packaging service provider based in Hsinchu City that employs many migrant workers at its two factories in Miaoli County, last week conducted rapid COVID-19 tests on all of its more than 7,000 employees after several migrant workers tested positive.
The CECC yesterday said that 182 confirmed cases including 24 Taiwanese and 158 foreigners were reported
People who get vaccinated against COVID-19 under a government-subsidized program would no longer have to pay administrative surcharges, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
The NT$300 (US$10.82) administration fee for the jabs would be waived from today, eliminating all out-of-pocket fees for government-funded COVID-19 vaccines, the center said.
On Saturday, the CECC said that the fee would not be covered by a NT$4 billion COVID-19 relief budget approved last week.
Part of the funding would be allocated to local governments for setting vaccine sites, it said.
Taipei and New Taipei City offer the subsidized jabs to medical workers, epidemic prevention workers and
Taipei, June 6 (CNA) People who get vaccine jabs under the government-subsidized vaccine program will no longer have to pay administrative surcharges such as registration fees starting Monday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taoyuan, June 6 (CNA) Taoyuan authorities plans to work with local companies that employ foreign workers to prevent COVID-19 infections among them after migrant workers with electronics companies in nearby counties came down with infections, the city's mayor said Sunday.
The Taoyuan City Government has helped pay the medical expenses of a resident who developed blood clotting after he received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the first such case in Taiwan, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said on Saturday.
The man surnamed Yu (余), who is in his 30s, received the first shot of the vaccine on May 12, and on May 22 sought medical assistance at Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, reporting a persistent headache and abdominal pain.
Doctors diagnosed the condition, as well as a low platelet level, and he was admitted to an intensive care unit at the hospital,