Vaccine acquisition plans are going smoothly: CECCSEEKING WHISTLE-BLOWERS: Minister Chen Shih-chung said people would always find ways around the rules for mask suppliers, so consumers must be alertBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterTaiwan is pursuing several avenues to acquire COVID-19 vaccines when they become available, while local development of vaccines is going smoothly, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said yesterday. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung speaks to reporters on the sidelines of a forum at National Taiwan University in Taipei yesterday. “The local development of vaccines is going very smoothly, which looks hopeful,” Chen said, adding that it used to take a long time, even up to 10 years, to get a vaccine to market. Meanwhile, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the CECC’s spokesman, yesterday said that the baby of a Filipina who tested positive for COVID-19 while in quarantine in Taiwan tested negative. The woman was tested again for COVID-19 upon arrival, as Taiwan requires for everyone arriving from the Philippines, and the test was negative.

Source: Taipei Times September 12, 2020 15:56 UTC