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Taipei, June 11 (CNA) Lee Chin-yun (李慶雲), a pediatrician and pioneer in vaccine development in Taiwan, died Friday at the age of 94, the Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan said the same day.
Taipei, June 2 (CNA) Taiwan has recorded the first case of blood clotting linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday, but it did not recommend any changes in current vaccine procedures because of the problem.
Vaccine-related clotting reported ‘RARE’: A man in his 30s sought treatment for a headache and abdominal pain a week after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca jab, and was found to have blood clotting By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported the nation’s first case of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) in a patient who had received a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The center on Tuesday announced that about 260,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine had been distributed...
The next two weeks are critical for containing the COVID-19 outbreak, which hinges on the cooperation of confirmed cases and the public, infectious-disease experts said on Saturday. After a sharp spike in cases, the Central Epidemic Command Center on Saturday raised the pandemic alert for Taipei and New Taipei City to level 3 until May 28. While serious, Taiwan would make it through if the outbreak is contained over the next two weeks, said Chen Yee-chun (陳宜君), director of National Taiwan University Hospital’s (NTUH) Division of Infectious Diseases. Cases have been climbing so rapidly ...
Universal testing still unnecessary in Taiwan: CECC officials 05/12/2021 05:19 PM CNA file photo Taipei, May 12 (CNA) Officials from the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) indicated Wednesday that Taiwan will not carry out universal testing for COVID-19, even though the coronavirus disease has spread to local communities, saying such an approach was "useless" and would only make matters worse. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, told reporters before a legislative session that universal testing in the current situation would only make things "mo...