COVID-19: Bookings in sixth round of vaccinations to start taipeitimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from taipeitimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
People who are eligible for the sixth round of the national COVID-19 vaccination program will be able to book an appointment from 10am tomorrow, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) told its daily news conference in Taipei yesterday, as it reported three locally transmitted infections, four imported cases and two deaths.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the locally developed Medigen COVID-19 vaccine is available in the sixth round, and eligible recipients can book an appointment from 10am tomorrow until 12pm on Wednesday.
There will be more than 600,000 doses of the Medigen vaccine
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday ascended on a 19.2m-tall hot air balloon themed on Taipei’s mascot, Bravo a Formosan black bear with a blue nose on the first day of the Taiwan International Balloon Festival in Taitung County.
The Taipei Department of Information and Tourism said that Taipei and Taitung County on Tuesday last week signed an agreement to promote and increase tourism between the two jurisdictions.
Ko, Taipei Deputy Mayor Tsai Ping-kun (蔡炳坤) and department Commissioner Liu Yi-ting (劉奕霆) were part of a delegation who early yesterday morning visited the festival venue in Taitung’s Luye Highland (鹿野高台).
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