CECC reports three locally transmitted virus cases
QUARANTINE BREACH? A man who had attended to his elderly brother, who had a fall while in isolation, tested positive, which the CECC said could prompt more rules
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported three locally transmitted cases of COVID-19, and antibodies against the virus were detected in family members of China Airlines pilots who had also tested positive.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the first local case No. 1,112 is a Taiwanese man in his 70s who had a short period of close contact with his elder brother (case No. 1,068), who tested positive, during quarantine, as did his wife (case No. 1,106).
CECC to release 10,000 more self-pay vaccines
POPULAR: An initial batch of 10,000 self-pay shots are expected to run out soon, and another 7,909 people have made appointments with hospitals to get vaccinated
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said it would release another 10,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for self-pay vaccinations.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the CECC’s spokesman, said that 7,165 people had received a self-pay vaccine shot as of Monday.
Self-pay vaccinations were made available on Wednesday last week for people who are planning to travel abroad for business, work, study or medical treatment, and 10,000 doses were initially released.
Starting tomorrow, eligibility for government-funded COVID-19 vaccines is to be expanded to the fifth and sixth priority groups police officers, military police, and workers and residents of long-term care facilities and social welfare institutions, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said the center is expanding eligibility to the next two priority groups tomorrow because too few people have so far received a government-funded dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
In the fifth priority group are those who maintain public order and security, such as police officers and