Taipei, June 11 (CNA) Jan Hung-tze (詹宏志), chairman of PChome Online, one of the largest e-commerce operators in Taiwan, on Friday apologized for getting a dose of vaccine from Good Liver Clinic, which has been accused of giving COVID-19 vaccinations to people who are not on a priority list.
Prominent businesspeople and figures in entertainment yesterday said that they were on a list and had been vaccinated for COVID-19 at a Good Liver Clinic (好心肝診所) branch in Taipei.
PChome Online Inc chairman Jan Hung-tze (詹宏志) said that he was on the list and had received the vaccination at one of the clinic’s branches, as did TV and radio host Alvin Hou (侯昌明), actors Kuo Tzu-chien (郭子乾) and Jamie Weng (翁家明), and iQiyi executive Young Min (楊鳴).
Judicial personnel are investigating alleged breaches of the law amid a public outcry over the vaccinations, which the clinic said were conducted in the
By Jason Pan / Staff reporterProminent businesspeople and figures in entertainment yesterday said that they were on a list and had been vaccinated for COVID-19 at a Good Liver Clinic (好心肝診所) branch in Taipei.
Taipei, June 10 (CNA) A health executive at Taipei City Government offered to resign on Thursday due to a controversy relating to the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses to ineligible individuals by a clinic in the city.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday opened an investigation into the Taipei-based Good Liver Clinic after allegations that it gave free COVID-19 vaccine shots to people not in groups eligible to receive them.
Prior to Wednesday, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) had only authorized three groups of people in Taipei to receive shots: The first priority group, composed of registered healthcare workers and other non-healthcare workers at healthcare facilities; the second priority group, composed of central and local government disease prevention personnel; and the third priority group, composed of frontline workers with high infection risk exposure, such as flight or