TAIPEH, April 4 (dpa): Taiwan on Sunday received its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines through the global vaccine-sharing initiative COVAX.
The 199,200 doses of a total 1.02 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine allocated for Taiwan, were shipped by Taiwanese carrier China Airlines.
After arrival, the vaccines were soon moved to a cold chain warehouse at the airport for storage.
The Central Epidemic Control Centre (CECC) announced the shipping late Saturday after the flight took off from Amsterdam.
The CECC said on Sunday that the expiry date of this batch of the two-shot vaccine received through COVAX is May 31.
Taiwan on March 3 received 117,000 doses, commercially supplied by AstraZeneca, with an expiry date of June 15.
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Taipei, March 12 (CNA) Tourist attractions in Palau such as the famed Milky Way and Clam City snorkeling spots will be among designated tour sites for visitors from Taiwan, in a travel bubble encompassing the two nations amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the chief of Palau s tourism promotion office in Taiwan said Friday.
Alex Lei, who heads the Palau Visitors Authority s (PVA s) representative office in Taiwan, made the statement after a much-anticipated travel initiative between Taiwan and Palau was reported last week to have made major progress.
The PVA, in preparation for the launch of the travel bubble, has compiled a list of hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions that meet the authority s pandemic control requirements, Lei said.
Health worker shots by March: CECC
FALLING INTO PLACE: The Central Epidemic Control Center said that, based on the COVAX list, 200,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should be arriving soon
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
Starting next month, all 332,000 medical personnel nationwide are to have priority access to COVID-19 shots, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is spokesman for the Central Epidemic Control Center (CECC), said yesterday.
Based on the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) list, 200,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should arrive as early as next week, the center said.
Chuang said that about 140,000 people including central and local government officials who oversee disease prevention, personnel who have first contact with potential COVID-19 patients and Customs Administration personnel are second in line to receive the vaccine.