As elementary school students throughout Taiwan begin getting vaccinated, schools are opening their doors to parents and teachers. But not all parents.
As Taiwan is facing its largest COVID-19 wave yet, authorities are racing to vaccinate young children. This week, kids aged 5 to 11 across the country.
Fewer cases of infectious diseases such as severe flu, measles, German measles and Dengue fever were reported last year, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data showed.
Only one case of severe flu was recorded last year, down from 444 a year earlier, and for the first time, the number of severe enterovirus cases was zero, the data showed.
There were 1,359 and 1,196 cases of severe flu in 2017 and 2018 respectively, while the number reached 2,325 in 2019.
From 2017 to 2019, flu season peaked around the Lunar New Year, with influenza-like symptoms responsible for an average of 30,000 emergency room visits
Taipei, Nov. 23 (CNA) A National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) research team announced on Tuesday that a COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine currently under development that targets the Delta variant has shown promising initial results following tests on mice.