The monkeypox vaccination willingness registration platform has been open for 3 hours, and less than half of the places are left.

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[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] "Monkeypox Vaccination Willingness Registration Platform" opened the second phase of registration at 2 p.m. 54.2% of the upper limit of 30,000 people, less than half of the remaining, people in need can actively register at 9:00 tomorrow morning.

In response to the self-assessment of the public’s “high-risk sexual behavior in the past 6 months”, at 2:00 p.m. today, they can register their willingness to be vaccinated against pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) monkeypox vaccine, and choose the hospital they want to go to for the vaccination, releasing the upper limit of the quota for 30,000 people.

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In addition to the counties and cities on the island, Penghu County has also joined. At present, a total of 20 counties and cities provide vaccination services. After continuous coordination and updates by the CDC, Linkou Changgung Hospital and the Penghu Branch of the Third General Hospital will be added in the future. A total of 50 hospitals can be vaccinated. Consider Factors such as improving herd immunity and vaccine coverage, at this stage, PrEP vaccination subjects still receive one dose of "intradermal" injection as a principle.

Luo Yijun pointed out that after the opening of voluntary registration at 2 pm today, the number of registrants as of 5 pm was 16,249, accounting for 54.2% of the upper limit of 30,000 people. High-risk people who have made an appointment can actively register after 9:00 tomorrow morning.

The voluntary registration platform is open from yesterday to May 12. During this period, you can go to register from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and it is closed on weekends and public holidays.

Since my country listed monkeypox as a second-class legal infectious disease on June 23 last year, a total of 23 cases have been confirmed, including 16 local cases, distributed in Taipei City, 3 cases in New Taipei City, Kaohsiung City and Hsinchu County. 2 cases, 1 each in Yilan County, Miaoli County, Hsinchu City, and Yunlin County, and 7 cases imported from abroad. Infected countries include Germany, the United States, Austria, and Japan.

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