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SIMULATION: COVID-19 activity is forecast to plateau in the second half of next month, but due to the increase in cases, the CDC has purchased 20,000 courses of Molnupiravir
Wed, Jun 26, 2024
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 last week increased 30.9 percent from a week earlier, while hospital visits due to enterovirus increased 5.7 percent, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, adding that Taiwan has again entered the epidemic stage for influenza.
Last week, 817 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19, an increase of 30.9 percent from 624 cases a week earlier, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Guo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said.
Forty people died from COVID-19 last week, slightly more than the 38 reported the previous week, he said. ...
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/06/26/2003819910
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CORONAVIRUS/CDC to buy 5.5 million COVID-19 vaccines, to administer from October
06/26/2024 10:09 PM
Taipei, June 26 (CNA) Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Wednesday announced a plan to buy 5.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines targeting new variants that it will begin administering, along with flu vaccines, in October.
Due to the COVID-19 virus continuing to mutate, the CDC will purchase vaccines that offer better protection against new strains, CDC spokesperson Tseng Shu-hui (曾淑慧) said.
Tseng added that the agency plans to purchase 5.5 million doses within the year, but did not specify which variant the new jab would target.
The administration of the new vaccine will be scheduled in two phases and happen at the same time as the flu vaccine.
The first phase will kick off on Oct. 1 and individuals aged 65 and over, healthcare workers, and pregnant women will be eligible for both shots, Tseng said,
The second phase will begin on Nov. 1 and all individuals six months and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Those between 50-64 will also be encouraged to have a flu jab.
The CDC did not explain how enough COVID-19 vaccines would be sourced to inoculate all those eligible. The total resident population in Taiwan is 23,413,608 as of May 2024. ...
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202406260023
Wed, Jun 26, 2024
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 last week increased 30.9 percent from a week earlier, while hospital visits due to enterovirus increased 5.7 percent, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, adding that Taiwan has again entered the epidemic stage for influenza.
Last week, 817 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19, an increase of 30.9 percent from 624 cases a week earlier, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Guo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said.
Forty people died from COVID-19 last week, slightly more than the 38 reported the previous week, he said. ...
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/06/26/2003819910
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CORONAVIRUS/CDC to buy 5.5 million COVID-19 vaccines, to administer from October
06/26/2024 10:09 PM
Taipei, June 26 (CNA) Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Wednesday announced a plan to buy 5.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines targeting new variants that it will begin administering, along with flu vaccines, in October.
Due to the COVID-19 virus continuing to mutate, the CDC will purchase vaccines that offer better protection against new strains, CDC spokesperson Tseng Shu-hui (曾淑慧) said.
Tseng added that the agency plans to purchase 5.5 million doses within the year, but did not specify which variant the new jab would target.
The administration of the new vaccine will be scheduled in two phases and happen at the same time as the flu vaccine.
The first phase will kick off on Oct. 1 and individuals aged 65 and over, healthcare workers, and pregnant women will be eligible for both shots, Tseng said,
The second phase will begin on Nov. 1 and all individuals six months and older will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Those between 50-64 will also be encouraged to have a flu jab.
The CDC did not explain how enough COVID-19 vaccines would be sourced to inoculate all those eligible. The total resident population in Taiwan is 23,413,608 as of May 2024. ...
https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202406260023