
疾管署長羅一鈞表示,10月1日至6日流感疫苗接種132.9萬劑,增24%;新冠疫苗接種48.2萬劑,增55%。他呼籲65歲以上長者儘速接種,並透露編列7900萬元獎勵「左流右新」,接種兩種疫苗可獲得1650健康幣。
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台灣提供公費流感及新冠疫苗接種,針對65歲以上長者等高風險群體。今年推出「左流右新」政策,鼓勵同時接種兩種疫苗並發放健康幣作為激勵。
〔記者羅碧/台北報導〕公費流感、新冠疫苗接種踴躍!疾管署長羅一鈞今(7)日表示,10月1日至6日,流感疫苗已接種132.9萬劑,較去年同期增加24%;新冠疫苗接種48.2萬劑,增加55%。不過,仍有許多65歲以上長者尚未接種新冠疫苗,呼籲把握時間「左流右新」,護肺顧心還能賺健康幣。
台灣家庭醫學醫學會今天舉辦「流感、新冠都要打,守護心肺刻不容緩」公費疫苗衛教記者會,邀請藝人陳美鳳連續第2年擔任「左流右新」衛教大使,羅一鈞也出席共同宣導。
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羅一鈞表示,今年流感、新冠疫苗接種情形均較去年同期踴躍,尤其新冠疫苗前6天接種量增加55%。他感謝基層及第一線醫師投入,也肯定陳美鳳協助宣導,並透露今年編列7900萬元作為「左流右新」共同接種獎勵,看到接種熱度,笑說預算「可能太不夠」。
隨著新冠疫苗接種踴躍,後續供應也受到關注。羅一鈞指出,今年採購230萬劑新冠疫苗,其中20萬劑為Novavax疫苗,已有15萬劑於10月1日到貨,目前須經食藥署封緘檢驗,若作業順利,預計10月下旬開放接種,供希望選擇該廠牌的民眾施打。
疫情方面,羅一鈞表示,國內流感疫情目前已反轉,預估11月初脫離流行期;新冠疫情則已接近脫離流行期,預估時間落在10月中。不過,他提醒,仍有不少高風險族群、65歲以上長者尚未接種新冠疫苗,應儘速接種,「早打早保庇」。
羅一鈞也鼓勵民眾「左流右新,賺健康幣」。他說,接種流感及新冠疫苗可獲得1350健康幣,加上加入健康幣活動100幣、完成生活型態問卷200幣,合計可累積1650幣。他在現場也協助台灣家庭醫學醫學會預防保健及慢性病防治委員會教授吳至行完成健康幣綁定。
對於民眾擔心接種後不適,羅一鈞分享,母親10月2日在附近社區接種站接種流感、新冠疫苗。他特別詢問接種後感受,母親表示,僅有輕微搔癢、腫脹,相較過去打新冠疫苗曾出現畏寒,今年反應較輕微。
台灣家庭醫學醫學會理事長黃振國表示,新冠疫苗已與過去不同,不應讓過往接種經驗影響現在的防護。65歲以上長者、慢性病患者應把握時間接種兩種疫苗,已經只打流感疫苗者,也應補上新冠疫苗。
吳至行指出,接種疫苗後約需1至2週才能建立抗體,若等疫情升溫才接種,可能來不及產生足夠保護力。他以家中門鎖比喻,大家不會等鄰居遭小偷才想到鎖門,疫苗也是預先為身體建立防線。
吳至行表示,感染流感、新冠病毒都可能增加心血管事件風險,接種疫苗除了降低感染後肺部併發重症風險,也有助降低心肌梗塞、中風風險。他並指出,今年提供的新世代新冠疫苗經設計優化,接種後局部不良反應、腫脹及發燒等反應可減少約一半,每劑接種體積降至0.2毫升。
71歲高先生與太太過去固定接種流感疫苗,新冠疫苗則僅在疫情期間接種過3劑,今年10月2日首次一起接種「左流右新」。高先生表示,接種後兩手僅有些微痠感;高太太原本擔心像過去一樣發燒,沒想到幾乎沒有不適,打完還立即與姊妹逛街。
陳美鳳則分享,經紀人過去感染新冠時全身無力、喉嚨像被刀割般疼痛,去年接種疫苗後,今年再次確診時症狀輕微許多,呼籲符合公費資格的民眾揪親友一起接種,及早建立秋冬防護力。
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
國內流感疫情將在11月初脫離流行期
Likely · Within weeks
新冠疫情將在10月中脫離流行期
Likely · Within weeks
Novavax新冠疫苗將在10月下旬開放接種
Possible · Within weeks

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The National Health Insurance Administration has expanded the payment of high-unit immune globulin since October 1, and has included second-generation national blood preparations made from Chinese plasma into items that can be used by patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) over the age of 2 and under 18 years old, giving eligible sick children one more treatment option, and at the same time implementing the national blood and national use policy.

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Young people like Mia and Kelly worry that unrealistic body images generated by AI will increase the risk of eating disorders. Experts warn that without diverse designs, AI will reinforce narrow beauty standards and recommend improving literacy and supervision.

The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced the first local case of typhoid fever this year. The patient was a woman in her 30s living in central China who was infected by eating raw seafood such as sashimi and oysters. On the same day, it was announced that 139,060 people were hospitalized for influenza-like illness last week and 7,836 people were hospitalized for the new coronavirus, both slightly lower than the previous week, but the number of severe cases and deaths was still high.