Moderna vaccine shipment due to arrive early todayStaff writer, with CNAA shipment of 1.13 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is due to arrive in Taiwan early today, while the next round of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to be administered under a national program has been expanded to include people aged 45 or older. The doses would be reserved primarily as second shots for people who received their first jab of the Moderna vaccine on or before July 16, the CECC said. A batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is unloaded at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei TimesTaiwan also took delivery of a seventh shipment of 889,200 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine early yesterday morning, Chen told the CECC’s daily news briefing. With yesterday’s shipment, Taiwan has now received about 5.09 million of the 15 million doses, the CECC said.

Source: Taipei Times October 08, 2021 15:56 UTC