A nurse adminsters a COVID-19 vaccine to Chinese Taipei Football Association representative Yu Chia-huang yesterday in Taipei. At Taipei City Hospital’s Heping branch, where he was vaccinated, Ko was joined by other city officials, as well as players on the Chinese Taipei Football Association representative team and Taipei taxi drivers who transport those headed into quarantine. About 40 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are needed to vaccinate Taiwan’s population, but the nation has so far secured only 31 million doses, including those already received, Ko said. Lin said he hoped that he and other officials getting vaccinated would help ease public concerns about the vaccine. Lu said she felt that making the vaccine publicly funded would also help encourage more people to get vaccinated.

Source: Taipei Times April 12, 2021 16:00 UTC