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All people working at Taipei’s hospitals, both healthcare personnel and non-medical staff, must be vaccinated against COVID-19, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.
Ko said that vaccine hesitancy is reportedly high among medical workers, but that “starting today, this is not up to you.”
When seeking treatment at the city’s emergency rooms, people who had received a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test would also receive rapid screening for COVID-19, a measure that could help generate faster test results, he said.
Waiting two to three days for a PRC test result created an unnecessary psychological burden and an unneeded delay, he said,
Taipei Mayor Ko touts food vendor advancement plan
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taipei is undertaking a “food vendors long-term advancement project” in the hopes that more of its traditional markets would be awarded “five stars” by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.
Ko made the remarks at the launch ceremony of the two-day Taipei City Traditional Market Festival at Taipei Flora Expo Park in Zhongshan District (中山), where 59 food vendors from Taipei’s traditional market offer delicacies from a variety of cuisines.
At the end of the two-day event, which is its 14th year, the Taipei Market Administration Office is to present an award to the food stall that offers the best dumpling-based dish. Nineteen dumpling vendors competed for the award.