COVID-19: Second shots for people over the age of 75 start todayBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterAdults aged 75 and older who received a first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before July 9 are eligible to receive a second dose starting today, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. Medical staff administer second doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination to people at a vaccination station in Taipei yesterday. Chen confirmed that 1.08 million doses of the Moderna vaccine, as well as about 640,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, would arrive in Taiwan today. On Wednesday, 201,189 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered, of which 39,511 were first doses and 161,678 were second doses, CECC data showed. As of Wednesday, 12,708,428 COVID-19 vaccine doses — 11,483,332 first doses and 1,225,096 second doses — had been given since vaccinations began on March 22, the data showed.

Source: Taipei Times September 16, 2021 15:56 UTC