Cheng Hsin hospital fined for vaccinating ex-VP, non-priority persons

Cheng Hsin General Hospital in Taipei has been fined NT$300,000 (US$10,718) for administering COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan's former Vice President Lien Chan (連戰) and his wife, and to eight volunteers at the hospital who were not on the central government's priority list for the shots at the time, the city's Deputy Mayor Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) said Thursday.

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