CORONAVIRUS/Vaccination service at Taipei Main Station to be extended: CECC

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) The COVID-19 vaccination service being offered at Taipei Main Station will be extended from Dec. 9 to Dec. 12 and expanded as it has proved to be a big success, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.

A total of three walk-in COVID-19 vaccination sites will operate from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily at the station's main hall, its west and east corridors offering Moderna vaccine shots, the CECC said.

The extended service will continue to be available to both Taiwanese citizens and foreign nationals, with those vaccinated receiving a voucher, it said.

The service, which started with one walk-in vaccination site on Dec. 5, offers those who get vaccinated a NT$100 (US$3.61) voucher and has been well-received, said CECC deputy head Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥) during a briefing.

A total of 5,623 jabs had been administered over the past three days, Chen said, adding that local governments are also being encouraged to incentivize more people to get vaccinated by giving gifts until Dec. 21.

To date, 62.13 percent of Taiwan's 23.41 million population have received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 78.32 percent have received at least one dose, according to government data. In addition, 13,118 people have had a third booster shot, the data shows.

Meanwhile, Chen announced tightened workplace disease control rules that will require more people to be fully vaccinated or receive weekly COVID-19 tests from Jan. 1.

The enhanced rules will apply to those in categories 1, 2, 3 and 7 of the CECC's COVID-19 vaccination priority list -- which covers medical and frontline personnel, epidemic prevention workers in central and local governments, people at higher risk of exposure to the pandemic due to their jobs, as well as military personnel, teachers and other essential workers.

Those who work in funeral homes and correctional facilities will also be subject to the new rule, the CECC said.

List of walk-in vaccination sites:

(Information update at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 9 to include Tainan Railway Station and four Carrefour stores in Tainan)

Taipei Expo Park (9 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Dec. 9-11 / 500 shots per time slot)

New Taipei City Hall (on the second floor / 2 p.m.-8 p.m. on weekends until Jan. 2)

Tainan Railway Station (1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. until Dec. 12)

IKEA

Xinzhuang store in New Taipei (1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Dec. 14)

PX Mart:

Daguan store in New Taipei's Banqiao (9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 11 & 13 / not between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.)

Zhennan store in Yunlin County's Douliu Township (4 p.m.-6 p.m. on Dec. 9)

Guangfu store in Yunlin County's Huwei Township (4 p.m.-7 p.m. on Dec. 9)

Mega City shopping mall:

New Taipei's Banqiao (2 p.m.-6 p.m., Mon-Fri / 2 p.m.-5 p.m. & 6 p.m.-8 p.m. on weekends until Jan. 2)

Taoyuan City (1 p.m.-6 p.m. on Dec. 11-12)

Chiayi City (2 p.m.-6 p.m. on Dec. 12)

Tainan City (1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. until Dec. 12)

Hualien County (4 p.m.-8 p.m. on Dec. 12)

A-Mart:

Keelung City (Dec. 9-11)

Carrefour:

New Taipei's Banqiao (9 a.m.12 p.m. & 1 p.m.-4 p.m. on Dec. 9, Dec. 16 & Dec. 18)

New Taipei's Xindian (8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on Dec. 10 & Dec. 17)

Taoyuan's Jinguo store (Dec. 9-12 & Dec. 18-19)

Taoyuan's Chunri store (Dec. 11-12 & Dec. 18-19)

Miaoli hypermarket store in Miaoli County (Dec. 10)

Wenxin store in Taichung's Nantun (Dec. 11-12)

Ching Hai store in Taichung’s Xitun (Dec. 11)

Taiping store in Taichung’s Taiping (Dec. 11-12)

De’an store in Taichung’s East District (Dec. 11-12)

Xi Tun store in Taichung’s Xitun (Dec. 11-12)

Shalu store in Taichung’s Shalu (Dec. 11-12)

Fengyuan store in Taichung’s Fengyuan (Dec. 11-12)

Bei Kang store in Yulin County’s Beigang Township (9 a.m.-11 a.m. on Dec. 9)

Chia Yi store in Chiayi’s West District (Dec. 11)

Beimen store in Chiayi’s East District (Dec. 11)

Hsin Yin store in Tainan's Xinying District (2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. on Dec. 10)

Chunghua store in Tainan's Yongkang District (2 p.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 10)

Anping store in Tainan's Anping District (1 p.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 11)

Rende store in Tainan's Rende District (2 p.m.-5 p.m. on Dec. 13)

Love River store in Kaohsiung’s Sanmin (1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. until Dec. 12)

Wu Jia store in Kaohsiung’s Fengshan (1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. until Dec. 12)

Xin Nan store in Kaohsiung’s Nanzih (1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. until Dec. 12)

Ding Shan store in Kaohsiung’s Sanmin (1:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on Dec. 9-12)

Also, designated hospitals and clinics around Taiwan are able to offer all four COVID-19 vaccines available in the country -- AstraZeneca, Phizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Medigen -- for both first and second shots.

Depending on vaccine availability at each medical facility, those wishing to receive a dose can book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment directly with the facility.