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Taiwan unveils plans to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations
02/09/2021 09:16 PM
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Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) Taiwan will prioritize the vaccination of roughly 990,000 health care workers and epidemic prevention personnel during the first phase roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Tuesday.
In July 2020, the CECC listed nine groups of people that would be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, accounting for 65 percent of Taiwan s population, or about 13 million people.
In the first phase, an estimated 999,300 people in the first five priority groups will be vaccinated, and the second phase will only start when 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been secured, CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said Tuesday at a news briefing in Taipei.
Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) The Ministry of Education (MOE) late Monday announced the lifting of an entry ban for international students that has been in place since January due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with immediate effect.
Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday announced that a ban on inpatient visits at hospitals in Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan in northern Taiwan will be lifted the following day.
Taipei, Feb. 9 (CNA) A family member of a nurse at Taoyuan General Hospital has been confirmed as having COVID-19, after previously testing negative five times for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Tuesday.