COVID-19: Deliverers need vaccines, TPP says
By Hsieh Chun-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Food delivery workers should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination to ensure their safety, Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Lai Hsiang-ling (賴香伶) said yesterday.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Labor should establish a schedule for vaccinating food deliverers and others in high-risk occupations, she said, adding that she has submitted a request on the issue to the ministries.
“Protecting these delivery personnel is in the interest of both their health and ours,” she said.
A nurse administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei on Thursday.