CECC to be disbanded on Monday next weekCOVID-19 TO BE RECLASSIFIED: Vaccinations would continue to be provided, but starting from next week healthcare facilities could charge a registration feeBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterCOVID-19 is to be reclassified as a Category 4 notifiable communicable disease on Monday next week and the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) is to be disbanded on the same day, the CECC said yesterday. After the center is disbanded, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is to carry out COVID-19-related response operations, it said. Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Victor Wang (王必勝), who heads the center, said that after Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) visited the CECC yesterday afternoon, he has agreed to reclassify COVID-19 and allow the center to be disbanded on Monday next week. Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei TimesMonday next week marks the 1,197th day the center has been in operation, it said. CDC Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said that vaccinations would continue to be provided at contracted healthcare facilities and vaccination stations, but starting from Monday next week, healthcare facilities could charge a registration fee.

Source: Taipei Times April 25, 2023 22:56 UTC