Officials get vaccinated as eligibility for jab expanded
By Lin Hui-chin, Cheng Ming-hsiang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines was yesterday opened to an additional 125,000 people including members of the central and local governments, and those working at hospital facilities who did not qualify under the first two priority groups making 613,000 people eligible.
About 11,000 airline workers who fly internationally also became eligible, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) spokesman, said yesterday.
About 90 percent of those airline employees are available to get inoculated as they are not on flights or under quarantine, he said, adding that the airlines can arrange vaccinations in line with work schedules.
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Six people died yesterday when a tour bus carrying 45 passengers crashed into the side of a mountain along the Suhua Highway.
Ten people were severely injured and five had minor injuries.
The Yilan County Fire Department said that it received a report of the accident at 4:29pm, adding that it is still investigating the cause.
The bus had been manufactured in January 2018 and had passed its regular inspection this year, the Directorate-General of Highways said.
The driver, surnamed Yu (游), had obtained his license for large vehicles on March 30 last year, it added.
Yu said that the brakes were not working.
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A tour bus is pictured in Yilan Countyâs Suao Township after it crashed into the side of a mountain along the Suhua Highway yesterday afternoon.
Photo: Chiang Chih-hsiung, Taipei Times 2021/03/17 03:00
BOROUGH OUTING: The cause of the accident along the Suhua Highway is still being investigated, with the driver saying that it was because the brakes were not working
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
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