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UPS AND DOWNS: The nation’s total number of infections has surpassed 1 million, with 954,139 reported this year, but the situation could ease soon, an expert said/ Staff writer, with CNA
The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday last week expanded emergency use authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children aged six to 11, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices followed with its recommendation on Wednesday. The recommendation sparked wide discussion, as many parents are worried that the Moderna vaccine might not be safe or necessary for children. Research has shown that children rarely experience severe illness from COVID-19. Committee convener Lee Ping-ing (李秉穎) said a week earlier that the COVID-19 fatality ...
Taiwan might not see a significant drop in COVID-19 transmissions until September, a health expert said yesterday, while highlighting two “weaknesses” the country faces as it shifts from a strategy based on COVID-19 elimination to one based on mitigation. “The experience of other countries shows that once you ease prevention measures, the number of cases typically rises above 10,000 per day,” Lee Ping-ing (李秉穎), convener of Taiwan’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said during a radio interview. “The number of cases rises sharply, but then it also declines...
PROTECTING THE YOUNG: ACIP convener Lee Ping-ing said that the ‘positives’ of vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 now outweigh the ‘negatives’/ Staff writer, with CNA
More than 3,108 local COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed this year, with more than half reported in the past week. As the number of cases grows, the government is often asked to decide between a policy of “zero COVID” or “living with the virus.” When the daily local cases grew to triple-digit figures two weeks ago, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) announced the “new Taiwan mode” for fighting COVID-19, meant to maintain a balance between disease prevention and economic growth. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center...