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2021/03/05 13:11 (Unsplash image) (Unsplash image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) revealed on Thursday (March 4) that the country will soon build a vaccine factory capable of producing as many as 20 million vaccines per month, meeting the needs of the nation and opening the door to exports. During an interview with Formosa Television (FTV) Thursday evening, Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said he had applied with the National Development Council to build a second vaccine plant with a super-large production capacity. Chen said monthly output could reach as high as 20 million doses. Chen stated that at the early stages of Taiwan s inoculation program for COVID-19, the country will rely on imported vaccines. However, the CECC s ultimate objective is to gradually switch to domestically produced ones.
Airline workers want vaccines
SAFETY FIRST: About 25,000 workers in the airline and airport service industry would be eligible for vaccination, based on the government’s order of priority, the CAA said
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
About 70 percent of airline and airport service workers are willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Director-General Lin Kuo-hsien (林國顯) said yesterday, after the nation received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines the day before.
The 117,000 doses of AstraZenaca vaccines arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Wednesday morning.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has listed pilots, flight attendants and sailors on international commercial vessels third in the order of eligibility for vaccination as they have a higher risk of COVID-19 exposure because of their occupations.
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 6:24 pm
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