Taoyuan residents who need to go abroad, they may go to the designated hospitals to get the second dose of vaccine

The Taoyuan City Government (桃園市政府) has designated Taoyuan General Hospital (桃園醫院), Chungli District Ten Chen Hospital (中壢區天晟醫院), and Public Health Center of Taoyuan District (桃園區衛生所) by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (衛生福利部) to provide vaccination services for people who need to receive the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to go to study abroad. Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said that they should prepare their airline tickets, ID cards, health insurance cards, yellow cards with their vaccination records and other information. They may receive the vaccine after scheduling an appointment with the designated medical institution.

People in Taoyuan who need to go abroad may go to the "designated hospitals" to get their second dose of the vaccine. Photo/Provided by Taoyuan City Government

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• Taoyuan General Hospital, Ten Chen Hospital, Public Health Center of Taoyuan District can provide vaccination

According to Huang Tsui-mi (黃翠咪), Senior Specialist of the Taoyuan City Department of Public Health, for people whose first dose is the AZ vaccine, the second dose should at least be 8 weeks after. If the first dose is the Modena vaccine, the second dose should at least be after 4 weeks.

• Assist the public in making appointments, Gueisan Farmers’ Association

Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan recently inspected the Gueisan Farmers’ Association in assisting the public in making appointments for vaccination. There are 99 locations in the city’s farmer’s associations, fishermen’s associations and the workstations of the Taoyuan and Shimen Management Offices of the Farmland Water Conservancy Department. Since the end of July, 249 people have been assisted to complete the appointment registration with Gueisan Farmers’ Association providing the highest number of services at 50.

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People in Taoyuan who need to go abroad may go to the "designated hospitals" to get their second dose of the vaccine. Photo/Retrieved from “518 bear class”

In addition, Cheng Wen-tsan pointed out that the city government will continue to control the virus transmission even while the epidemic is clearing. At the same time, it will give importance to border protection, vaccination, and other works. It calls on the public to cooperate with epidemic prevention measures and establish a safety epidemic prevention network.