The target is 1 million a week. I don’t think Taiwan can reach that.
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Centre has ordered 10 million doses of vaccines from two local developers – Medigen Vaccine Biologics and United Biomedical – with an option of buying 10 million more amid a recent Covid-19 outbreak
But their vaccines could end up being marketed only in Taiwan, as the US FDA has suggested it may no longer issue EUA for new vaccine candidates
“The outbreak in the US has stabilised and the vaccines developed by American companies are in abundance, meaning the US FDA does not have the need to approve EUA for vaccine candidates from other countries,”
approvals by the US FDA would also make it difficult for locally developed vaccines to enter the global market, especially as a number of international brand products had already completed their third and final clinical trials and were ready to get full approvals for use in their home countries.
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Oh, my mistake, but yeah that’s going to be a stretch too.
How did you manage to get vaccinated? Your profile states you are in your thirties
I’m included in one of the first six priority groups.
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I had the same thing happen. Just a never-ending hold that boots me off, or the person panicking because my Chinese is poor and deciding to just hang up.
Pretty shambolic. I don’t see why they don’t just introduce a specialised vaccination hotline at the hospitals.
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They are aiming for a 1000 people per hour.
That’s annoying to hear …
It was like that when I had my first jab almost 9 weeks ago–long drawnout, overly long, too much paperwork, needless consulatation, needless blood pressure.
Why the hell haven’t they used that time to streamline the whole thing? In England and I’m assuming other countries, you can get a vax quickly—my dad got his in 5 minutes, my brother 20 minutes.
Yet Taiwan has faff and nonsense to drag it out. The blood pressure and consultation should be removed. A special desk for registering for vaccines should be opened so you’re not queuing behind people turning up because they want their bunion looking at or whatever and pay when you register.
There you go, I’ve cut it down to around half an hour–not including the wait afterwards for side effects.
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That’s a thing in Taiwan hospitals. Before any consultation you need to line at the BP thing.
They need to get the vaccination process out of the hospitals.
Taipei is way behind here.
Guy
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Countrywide they always put-up these tents in the middle of the street for weddings, funerals and other events, put up tents in neighborhoods!
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Just do it in the empty schools and stadiums and huodong zhongxin.
I guess the hospitals got contracts and are making money from all this extra work.
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Now that is mobilizing some local knowledge.
I still like using the huge exhibition halls and arenas though to get this done.
Guy
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Wow, that’s a little slower than when I got mine a month ago! In Taichung it took me 2 hours give or take a minute or so. After all this time how can it still be so slow?
Or is it that in Taipei this is still faster than before? I recall reading another user posting his experience at MacKay and it took about 3 hours that time…not sure what other hospitals are like
Thats already the plan, plus clinics, plus PX Marts
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They are also training an extra 8000 people.
I think they can manage over a million per week, just more bothered about it not starting properly till September.
Was watching an interview with Dr Ping-Ing Lee, NTUH and one of vaccine experts in Taiwan(been involved in domestic vaccine process). He said that as Taiwan cases are low and measures already in place, we might be able to get rid of the virus completely with just 30-40% vaccinations.
The problem is that we dont have those numbers of vaccines for months.
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I wonder what that training does include. Sticking a needle in somebody’s arm ist not that difficult.
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Yes thats why they have managed to recruit so many people
It isn’t but there are a bunch of medical precautions such as alcohol swab, things to watch out for, right way to stick needles in someone’s arm and not cause undue pain, dealing with people who are deathly afraid of needles, etc.
If you think it’s not that hard, try watching an incompetent medical officer draw blood. Been there, it sucks big time!
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Fair enough.
Of course the arm is much easier to hit than a vein.