All healthcare facility staff now eligible to get vaccine
RACING THE CLOCK: Eligibility is likely to expand further as batch expiration dates approach, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines now includes all healthcare facility workers, while a further expansion is to be considered tomorrow, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it confirmed two new imported cases of COVID-19, both arrivals from Egypt.
Vaccine eligibility was yesterday expanded from frontline healthcare workers at designated COVID-19 hospitals to all healthcare facility workers.
Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) spokesperson, said that 17,245 people had as of yesterday morning received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
2021/04/06 13:33 Crews working to clear wreckage from site of derailment. Crews working to clear wreckage from site of derailment. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) In the aftermath of the deadly Hualien train derailment, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) posted a number of ways members of the public can donate to the victims of the accident and their family members, with NT$60 million (US$2.1 million) having been donated thus far. At 9:28 a.m. on Friday (April 2), the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) No. 408 Taroko train running from Shulin, New Taipei, to Taitung suddenly derailed as it passed through the Daqingshui tunnel, killing at least 50 and injuring 200. On Monday (April 5), the MOHW announced that it will accept donations from the public for the victims of the accident from that date until April 30. Methods it lists include ATMs, bank transfers, kiosks at the four major convenience sto
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Overseas relatives of train derailment victims request eased quarantine rules
Staff writer, with CNA
Three applications for eased quarantine restrictions have been received from overseas family members of victims of the Taroko Express No. 408 crash, 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.
The center on Sunday announced that relatives of crash victims flying to Taiwan would face fewer entry and quarantine restrictions than other arrivals.
The accident killed 50 people and injured 200. The deceased include a French national and two Americans, while two Japanese, a Chinese and an Australian were injured.