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The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) yesterday suspended the manager of the men’s national soccer team and dismissed four players for breaching COVID-19 protocols ahead of an international match.
The governing body in a statement said it suspended Henry Von (王家中) after an investigation found that he did not report the three incidents in which players breached virus protocols to go out drinking.
The team is to fly to Thailand today for the 2023 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup qualification playoff round, where they are to play Indonesia on Thursday next week and again on Oct. 11.
Assistant manager Yeh Hsien-chung (葉獻中) would
By Lin Hui-chin, Cheng Ming-hsiang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writerEligibility for COVID-19 vaccines was yesterday opened to an additional 125,000 people including members of the central and local governments, and those working at hospital facilities who did not qualify under the first two priority groups making 613,000 people eligible.
Officials get vaccinated as eligibility for jab expanded
By Lin Hui-chin, Cheng Ming-hsiang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines was yesterday opened to an additional 125,000 people including members of the central and local governments, and those working at hospital facilities who did not qualify under the first two priority groups making 613,000 people eligible.
About 11,000 airline workers who fly internationally also became eligible, Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), who is the Central Epidemic Command Center’s (CECC) spokesman, said yesterday.
About 90 percent of those airline employees are available to get inoculated as they are not on flights or under quarantine, he said, adding that the airlines can arrange vaccinations in line with work schedules.