COVID-19: Vaccines free of pig cells, CECC saysTOO EARLY: The health minister said that a COVID-19 vaccination passport would not be introduced yet, because the nation’s vaccination rate is not high enoughBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterNone of the COVID-19 vaccines that have received emergency use authorization in Taiwan contain pig cells, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it reported four local and 14 imported COVID-19 cases, and zero deaths. “The COVID-19 vaccines being administered now and those that are about to be imported into Taiwan, including the AstraZeneca, Moderna, Medigen and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, all do not contain cells from pigs,” he said. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, reports four new local COVID-19 cases yesterday. On Monday, 49,152 COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered, bringing the nation’s vaccination coverage to 39.21 percent, he said. Taipei and New Taipei City each reported two of the local cases, Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times August 17, 2021 15:56 UTC