KMT urges more vaccination incentivesBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday urged the government to increase incentives for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. KMT Culture and Communications Committee director-general Alicia Wang (王育敏) told a news conference in Taipei that China, Israel, Japan, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US have higher COVID-19 vaccination rates than Taiwan. Taiwan Society of Preventive Medicine chairman Arthur Chen speaks at a news conference at the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Peter Lo, Taipei Times“We are far behind” in vaccination efforts, she said. The Ministry of Labor is to announce an unpaid vaccination leave policy, but given the low vaccination rate, the CECC should consider offering additional incentives, she said.

Source: Taipei Times May 04, 2021 15:56 UTC