Taiwan aiming to soon administer 1 million COVID-19 shots per week
06/02/2021 09:03 PM
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One of the four new vaccination sites set up in Kaohsiung on Wednesday. CNA photo June 2, 2021
Taipei, June 2 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday it is preparing to set up thousands of community vaccination stations across the country in the next few months, with the goal of administering 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine per week, as part of a large-scale inoculation plan to combat the pandemic.
According to CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines are scheduled to be delivered to Taiwan before the end of the month and another 8 million by the end of August.
2021/06/02 19:59 Johnson & Johnson says it only deals directly with governments and supranational groups like the EU Johnson & Johnson says it only deals directly with governments and supranational groups like the EU (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) United States pharmaceutical group Johnson & Johnson will not sell 500,000 COVID-19 vaccines to the Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) because it only deals with governments and supranational organizations, reports said Wednesday (June 2). Private groups in Taiwan, including Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou (郭台銘), have been trying to import vaccines separately from the government, though they still need its approval. After having been approached by the Buddhist group, Johnson & Johnson said it would not directly supply vaccines to third parties, only through governments and bodies like the European Union.
COVID-19: KMT calls for probe into easing of flight crew rules
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
There needs to be a probe into the decision to ease COVID-19 quarantine rules for flight crew, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) said yesterday.
The Central Epidemic Command Center on April 14 announced that it was relaxing quarantine regulations for flight crew members of Taiwanese airlines returning to the nation after working long-haul flights abroad.
Starting from April 15, they were required to undergo three days of quarantine, at the end of which they would be tested for the virus, followed by 11 days of self-health management, the center said at the time.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung confirmed on Wednesday that Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou had put forward an application for purchasing vaccines on Tuesday.
COVID-19: CAL, Novotel bear most blame: DPP
EXECUTIVE YUAN ACTION: Quarantines for pilots and flight crew were eased, but there seems to have been lapses in the decisionmaking process, officials said
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
China Airlines (CAL) and Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel should bear most of the responsibility for the COVID-19 outbreak that prompted a nationwide alert, as they contravened quarantine regulations, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus said yesterday.
The airline failed to properly implement the “3+11” policy, which called for three days of isolation and 11 days of self-health management for pilots and flight crew, DPP caucus secretary-general Lo Chih-cheng (羅致政) told a briefing at the legislature in Taipei.