4 major convenience stores accept appointments for vaccination.

Vaccination requirements are increasing, and the Covid-19 publicly funded vaccine appointment platform is officially launched. The four major convenience store chains will be accepting reservations for Covid-19 vaccinations from people who received confirmation SMS messages from the government.

They need to bring their Health Insurance Card (健保卡) and go to any of the four major convenience stores and make appointments for vaccination using their machine kiosk. The booking platform will immediately notify qualified applicants to make appointments via SMS. In addition to making appointments through the "Vaccine Intention Registration and Appointment System"(疫苗施打意願登記與預約系統) and "Healthcare Autotoll" App (健保快易通), they can also go to supermarkets, health insurance accredited pharmacies, and health centers to make appointments. The first round of vaccination will be from July 16 to 22.

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7-Eleven

Uni-President stated that 7-ELEVEN plans to have 6,100 “Ibon Convenience Life Stations” for the public to make appointments. Once they receive the SMS notification of the vaccine appointment from the government authority, they can make an appointment at the store. The appointment process needs only 5 steps.

1. Go to the ibon homepage and click on the Covid-19 publicly funded vaccine appointment area at the top right
2. Insert health insurance card to check eligibility.
3. Enter personal mobile phone number.
4. Choose the place and time for the vaccination appointment.
5. After the data is checked and confirmed, the appointment will be completed

The four major convenience stores accepts appointments for vaccination. Photo/Retrieved from "United Daily News"

FamilyMart

FamilyMart said that, in conjunction with the government, their stores all over Taiwan will be available for the public to make appointments for Covid-19 publicly funded vaccines. From now until July 15, people can make appointments through their FamiPort machines.

1. Click on the vaccine reservation area and confirm the reservation terms
2. Insert the health insurance card and confirm the phone number
3. Choose an appointment institution and appointment date
4. After printing the appointment confirmation slip, you can quickly make an appointment

To provide more convenient services to the public, FamilyMart said that the four types of “Application Forms for Epidemic Relief” (防疫紓困申請表單): Ministry of Labor’s Immediate Work Program Application Form (勞動部安心即時上工計畫申請表單), the Ministry of Labor’s Labor Relief Loan Statement (勞動部勞工紓困貸款聲明書), Kaohsiung’s Immediate Work Program (高雄市安心即時上工計畫), and the Ministry of Labor’s Immediate Employment Program (勞動部安心就業計畫) will be available with cloud printing services.

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After receiving the government’s sms message, you can take the health insurance card to the supermarket to make an appointment for vaccination. Picture/Retrieved from "ETtoday News"

Hi-Life

Hi-Life said that those who received the 1922 SMS notification is eligible for appointment and with their health insurance card they can register for the "Covid-19 publicly funded vaccine appointment" using the Life-ET machine, by choosing the location and time of the vaccination.  A vaccine appointment receipt will be issued.

OK Mart

OK Mart said that the vaccine reservation system will be available today for eligible people who have received SMS notifications. They can go to the nearest OK mart to make appointments for the Covid-19 publicly funded vaccines.