TAIPEI (The China Publish) — Minister of Well being and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) restated on Thursday the precedence order for vaccination among the many prime three classes — healthcare staff, authorities epidemic prevention personnel, and frontline staff.
The minister was responding to inquiries into an investigation on the Good Liver Clinic (好心肝診所) the place it was confirmed that the clinic had obtained greater than 100 bottles of vaccines and had administered the vaccine to over 1,000 folks that weren’t on the highest precedence listing.
Minister Chen defined that vaccines should be distributed amongst public well being facilities (轄區衛生所) or native clinics with a purpose to attain the utmost variety of individuals.
The Taipei Metropolis Division of Well being (台北市衛生局) reportedly fined the Good Liver Clinic NT$2 million on Wednesday, for not distributing vaccines in accordance with rules set by the Central Epidemic Command Middle (CECC, 中央疫情指揮中心).
Because the Taipei Metropolis authorities was accountable for the distribution of vaccines to native clinics, they had been additionally requested to submit a report relating to the matter and could be punished if rules weren’t adopted.
Chen additional expressed hope that by subsequent week, the primary to sixth classes could be prioritized and vaccinated, as 1.24 million doses of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine shall be launched.