Health officials and lawmakers urge the public to get latest Covid vaccine
Health officials and lawmakers urge the public to get latest Covid vaccine
2025-06-24
Although the latest wave of Covid has passed its peak earlier, the comedown is slowing down and mortality rates are still high. Meanwhile, vaccination rate for the new vaccine has yet to reach 10%. With more than 3 million shots still available, lawmakers on Tuesday held a press conference to urge the public to get vaccinated, with Minister of Health and Welfare Chiu Tai-yuan leading by example getting a jab.
Health and Welfare Minister Chiu Tai-yuan rolls up his sleeve to get vaccinated. DPP Lawmaker Kuo Kuo-wen is next in line. They’ve now gotten the newest JN.1 vaccine.
Chiu Tai-yuan
Minister of health and welfare
Unlike the flu, people are less inclined to get vaccinated against Covid regularly, but only different types of vaccines can protect against different strains of virus.
Kuo Kuo-wen
Lawmaker (DPP)
The inoculation rate is relatively low at present, at least the latest figure I have is only 9.2%. There are still more than 3 million shots of the JN.1 vaccine, and they’ll expire soon, in September.
Lin Chun-hsien
Lawmaker (DPP)
The current Covid strain is even more contagious. Even more concerning is how the average person’s vigilance or sense of crisis cannot at all compare to the pandemic only a few years ago.
A new variant of Covid is still going strong. After reaching a peak in early June, case numbers have yet to come down by a significant margin. Cases of hospitalization for severe symptoms and death are still at their peak. The JN.1 vaccine is specifically developed for this wave of mutant virus, and differs from the previous XBB vaccine. The Ministry of Health and Welfare urges everyone who last got vaccinated against Covid before Oct. 1 last year to get their shots. As for high risk groups, including those aged 65 and above, those with compromised immunity, and those with a history of chronic diseases can get a second dose after 60 days.
Chuang Jen-hsiang
CDC director-general
For all the cases of death from severe Covid, those with chronic diseases and the unvaccinated account for more than 85%. You may think you’re fine because you’ve gotten Covid or got vaccinated in the past, but the mutant strains have a higher rate of antigenic escape. You may have contracted Covid before or got vaccinated last year, but that doesn’t stop you from getting Covid again.
According to research, the JN.1 vaccine protects against severe, life-threatening symptoms by more than 50%. Now that it’s summer vacation season, a greater number of people may travel abroad or go out more often, which greatly increases the chance of contracting the virus. Officials are leading by example and urging the public to also get vaccinated so that they’re protected against Covid.
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變種COVID疫苗施打率不到10% 國會領頭施打:大防疫大成功
2025-06-24
國內COVID變種病毒疫情，從六月上旬達到高峰後，呈現緩慢下降趨勢，重症死亡率高，但與此同時疫苗施打率竟不到10%，300萬劑等著民眾來打。衛福部長邱泰源，今天親自當起領頭羊、挽起袖子施打，呼籲國人踴躍接種，提升全民保護力！
捲起袖子，衛福部長邱泰源，現身示範疫苗施打。和立委郭國文，兩人都是好寶寶，最新COVID疫苗jn.1，早已打好打滿。
[[衛福部長 邱泰源]]
“COVID是大家比較不像流感這樣，很自然就去打。不同的病毒株還是有需要，有不同的疫苗來保護”
[[立委(民) 郭國文]]
“現在接種率相對偏低，至少在之前拿到的數字只有9.2%。300萬劑以上JN.1的疫苗，還沒有施打，而且到9月的時候就要到期了”
[[立委(民) 林俊憲]]
“這一次COVID的病毒株，傳染性更強。最可怕的是，一般人的警覺心、危機感，跟幾年前疫情期間比差太多了”
COVID變種病毒來勢洶洶，疫情在六月上旬，達到高峰後，下降緩慢。重症住院、死亡的案例，都還在峰值。jn.1是專門針對這波變種病毒的疫苗，和先前的xbb 不一樣。衛福部呼籲，去年10/1後沒注射過COVID疫苗的民眾都來打。高風險族群，65歲以上、免疫力低下、有慢性病史等，60天後，還能打第二劑。
[[疾管署長 莊人祥]]
“所有的新冠重症死亡，大概慢性病跟未接種，超過8成5。你以前有感染或接種疫苗，事實上他(變種病毒)的免疫逃脫率，都比較高一點。在過去可能有感染過，或是在去年可能有打過疫苗，但是都可能再次的感染”
研究顯示，施打jn.1疫苗，重症死亡保護力超過五成以上，尤其暑假到了，民眾出國、出遊、聚會，頻率上升。國會搶先開打，拋磚引玉，提升保護力，才能避免感染危機。
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