An 803,000-dose shipment of second-generation Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine targeting the original virus from 2020 and the Omicron BA.1 subvariant is set to arrive in Taiwan late Sunday for distribution to local governments starting October.
The bivalent vaccine doses, together with a batch of 804,000 doses that arrived Friday, will be reserved for vulnerable groups as their booster shots, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The vaccines will first be given to people aged 65 or older, residents at long-term care facilities, and people who are at least 18 years old with immunodeficiencies, the CECC said.
According to the center, Taiwan will have received 11.243 million shots from Moderna this year following the latest shipment, out of a total of 20 million doses the company is obliged to offer by the end of 2022 under a contract it signed with Taiwan last year.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel