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Taipei, May 26 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) will update its COVID-19 vaccination guidelines to allow people to receive a second dose of a different vaccine if they have a severe allergic reaction to the first dose.
The issue of so-called vaccine mixing -- which arises from the fact that most COVID-19 vaccines require a two-dose regimen -- has been debated in a variety of contexts, including as a response to vaccine recipients who suffer adverse reactions.
Although Taiwan's vaccination guidelines currently prohibit the practice, the CECC is planning to make an exception for people who suffer a severe allergic reaction after receiving their first dose, CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) told CNA on Tuesday.