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People aged 12 or older with low immunity are eligible for COVID-19 booster shots at least 28 days after their second dose, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Those with congenitally or chronic condition-induced low immunity should get a booster dose to be adequately protected from COVID-19, Mackay Memorial Hospital Division of Pediatric Infection physician Chiu Nan-chang (邱南昌) told a CECC news conference. Eligible are people living with cancer or HIV, those currently or over the past year undergoing immunotherapy, those currently or over the past six months under...

By Yang Yuan-ting and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerPeople aged 12 or older with low immunity are eligible for COVID-19 booster shots at least 28 days after their second dose, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday.

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported one death from COVID-19 and six new imported cases of the virus. All cases were Taiwanese returning from Canada, Nigeria, the US, the UK and Vietnam, it said in a statement. They tested positive for COVID-19 upon their arrival or during quarantine, it said. The reported death was a Taiwanese man in his 60s who tested positive on May 24, the center said. He passed away on Dec. 1 from pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure, the CECC added. To date, Taiwan has recorded 16,805 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, of which 14,435...

All contacts of a COVID-19 case linked to a cluster infection at a quarantine hotel in Taoyuan have so far tested negative for the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The person was considered a major concern in the cluster because they had already left quarantine before testing positive for COVID-19, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center. The Taiwanese man, who returned from China on Nov. 20, had tested negative for COVID-19 upon arrival as well as prior to the end of his quarantine, but another test he took seven...