Hospitals should offer an express emergency service for children as most of them are unvaccinated against COVID-19, New Power Party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) said yesterday.
Chen was speaking at a news conference in Taipei as the government began its vaccination campaign for children aged six to 11.
A surge in COVID-19 cases has strained hospital capacity in Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung, which have higher COVID-19 positivity rates than the national average of 9.63 percent. The situation has been worsened by people flocking to hospital emergency rooms for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
This has taken a toll on the quality
Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Opposition parties are urging that food items from Japan be tested for strontium-90 once the government's controversial decision to lift a ban on food items from areas in Japan affected by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 takes effect.