The fatality rate of severe influenza in Nantou reaches 26.6%! A vaccination station will be set up in the county building on 11/6

Publicly funded influenza and COVID-19 vaccines have expanded the scope of vaccination, and the Nantou County Government set up a temporary vaccination station in the lobby on the first floor on November 6. (File photo)

Publicly funded influenza and COVID-19 vaccines will be expanded to include adults over 50 years old from now on (November 2). The Nantou County Government Health Bureau is expected to set up a temporary vaccination station in the lobby on the first floor of Building A of the Nantou County Government from 9 to 11 a.m. on November 6 (Friday) to provide free vaccination services to eligible county employees and the general public.

According to statistics from the Department of Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health and Welfare as of October 30, a total of 1,966 severe cases of influenza have been diagnosed across the country, with 441 deaths and a fatality rate of 22.4%. Among them, 45 cases were confirmed and 12 died in Nantou County, with a fatality rate of 26.6%. In terms of severe complications of COVID-19, 813 cases and 182 deaths were confirmed across the country, with a fatality rate of 22.3%; in Nantou County, 30 cases were confirmed, with a fatality rate of 23.3%. Data shows that the risk of death from severe local epidemics cannot be ignored.

In addition to the Nantou County Health Bureau entrusting the Nantou Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare to open an "Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine Community Vaccination Station" at the Nantou Industrial Park Service Center on November 2, a temporary vaccination station will also be set up in the lobby on the first floor of Building A of the Nantou County Government from 9 to 11 a.m. on November 6 (Friday) to facilitate vaccination for workers and civil servants.

The Health Bureau emphasized that influenza and COVID-19 pose a great threat to middle-aged and elderly people and patients with chronic diseases. In order to improve the convenience of vaccination, the Health Bureau will continue to set up temporary vaccination stations in the future to reduce the time for people to travel to and from the hospital. It calls on those who are eligible to complete the vaccination as soon as possible and implement the dual protection of "left flow and right innovation" to protect the health of individuals and their families.

Nantou Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare has set up a vaccination station at the Nangang Industrial Zone Service Center. (Provided by Nantou Hospital)