A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a woman in Tainan yesterday. Those preferring to receive AstraZeneca as their second dose would not need to make any changes in the system, he said. Those who received AstraZeneca and Moderna did report having more side effects after the second dose, compared with those who received two doses of AstraZeneca, Lo said. On Tuesday, 216,664 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered, bringing the nation’s first-dose vaccination rate to 76.58 percent and the full vaccination rate to 43.69 percent, he said. Asked about booster shots, Chuang said that by Jan. 31, only about 263,000 people in Taiwan would have had their second dose for more than six months.

Source: Taipei Times November 17, 2021 16:39 UTC