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NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED: The CECC is to open a child vaccination site in each of the six special municipalities to offer walk-in services to children aged five to 11By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said that 331,200 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children have arrived and six large vaccination stations for children would start administering them in the six special municipalities from tomorrow.
The second shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, procured by the government, arrived yesterday morning, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center.
The batch expires on Sept. 30, he said.
Together with the first shipment of 777,600 doses that arrived on May 16, Taiwan now has 1,108,800 doses of the children’s vaccine,
A Chinese medicine-based herbal formula developed in Taiwan called Taiwan Chingguan Erhau (清冠二號), or NRICM102, could reduce the mortality rate of COVID-19 cases who experience severe symptoms by 50 percent, National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine (NRICM) director Su Yi-chang (蘇奕彰) said.
Su talked about the treatment on Sunday at the Taipei Traditional Chinese Medicine International Forum, saying that following the success of Taiwan Chingguan Yihau (清冠一號), or NRICM101, the institute is applying for patents and trademarks for the new formulation.
In 2020, permission was granted to export Taiwan Chingguan Yihau, and it has been sold in more than 50 countries with