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The Taipei City Health Bureau has provided publicly funded influenza and COVID-19 vaccines since October 1. Artists have taken the lead in vaccination as health promotion ambassadors to encourage the public to get vaccinated.
2026/10/01 12:07
Artist Qianchang serves as the health promotion ambassador of Beijing City and took the lead in receiving the publicly funded influenza and new crown vaccines today (1st). (Photo by reporter Luo Peide)
[Reporter He Yuhua/Report from Taipei] Publicly funded influenza and COVID-19 vaccines will be available starting today (1) day. Taipei City invited entertainers to serve as health promotion ambassadors, and rolled up their sleeves together with Health Director Huang Jianhua to get vaccinated. They responded with practical actions to "Left and right, new, more peace of mind!" and called on eligible people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The Health Bureau stated that those who are registered in Beishi City and are eligible for vaccination can participate in the lottery if they complete the vaccination at contracted medical institutions or vaccination stations from now until November 30.
The Health Bureau stated that the 115-year-old publicly funded influenza vaccine is a trivalent vaccine, and the COVID-19 vaccine has been fully upgraded to the new generation XFG vaccine. In the first phase, vaccination is open to 11 categories of subjects, including seniors over 65 years old. The COVID-19 vaccine provides 9 categories of publicly funded vaccination subjects, including those with severe risk factors, and has expanded to include non-temporary staff such as public health technicians, kitchen workers and administrative staff of child care centers, and actual caregivers of infants within 6 months.
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In addition, "boosted influenza vaccine" will be provided at public expense to seniors aged 65 and over in long-term care and nursing homes with priority. The antigen dose contained in the new coronavirus vaccine is only 1/5 of the previous generation vaccine, and data shows that fever and any local adverse reactions after vaccination are reduced by about half; in the second phase, starting from November 2, vaccination will be open to people aged 50 to 64 years old.
In order to increase people's willingness to get vaccinated and encourage citizens to get vaccinated in groups, the Health Bureau requires those who are registered in Beijing City and are eligible for vaccination. If they complete the vaccination at a contracted medical institution or vaccination station from now until November 30, they can participate in the individual prize draw. Each dose of vaccination will get one lottery opportunity. If you complete two types of vaccinations on the same day, you will get one more lottery opportunity. It is expected that there will be two waves of draws.
For the group award, just log in to the vaccination group award form. Each group can have a maximum of 5 people. One point can be accumulated by vaccinating one type of vaccine. If a team accumulates more than 5 points, it can participate in the lottery. Awards include iPhone 17 mobile phones, air purifiers, LCD monitors, leg massagers, air fryers and many other home appliance gifts and mass merchandise store gift certificates.
Publicly funded influenza and COVID-19 vaccines will be administered today (1st). Eligible citizens of Beijing must be vaccinated before November 30 and can also participate in a grand prize drawing. (Photo by reporter Luo Peide)
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Taipei City will complete two waves of lottery activities before November 30
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In the second phase, starting from November 2, people aged 50 to 64 will gradually receive the new crown vaccine
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