COVID-19: CECC says 11th vaccination round to beginBOOKING DETAILS: The center said a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be booked from Monday, while a second dose of AstraZeneca can be booked from TuesdayBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced that those eligible for the 11th round of COVID-19 vaccinations would begin to book appointments on two separate days. A reminder text message is to be sent to those eligible from 2pm on the day before they can book an appointment, he said. Medical workers in Taoyuan yesterday give people aged 70 or older and Aborigines aged 60 or older their second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that the pilot lives in Taipei. CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, said that AstraZeneca was the vaccine used in the three previous cases of breakthrough infections involving Taiwan-based airline pilots, while this pilot had received Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Source: Taipei Times October 06, 2021 15:56 UTC