Government to pay out NT$6 million in COVID-19 vaccine death case

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has agreed to pay the family of a Chiayi City resident in his 30s who died after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine the maximum NT$6 million (US$202,062) under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

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