The first batch of Moderna BA.5 bivalent next-generation vaccines can be administered before noon today.

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[Reporter Qiu Zhirou/Taipei Report] Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the distribution of the first batch of 40.

70,000 doses of the Moderna BA.5 bivalent next-generation vaccine will be given to the county and city health bureaus for people over the age of 12 to be vaccinated as supplementary doses. I believe that after the opening of the vaccination today, the rate of vaccination in the first week will be quite good.

Zhuang Renxiang said that the BA.1 next-generation vaccine has a total of 3 million doses, and 1.73 million person-times have been vaccinated, and more than half of them have been eliminated. Waiting for BA.5 next-generation vaccine.

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Seventy of the first batch of Modena BA.5 bivalent vaccine purchased by the command center this year.

The 30,000 doses arrived in Taiwan on the morning of November 10 and are valid until June 27 next year, of which 40.

After the 70,000 doses are delivered to local health bureaus at noon today, they can be used as supplementary vaccinations for people over the age of 12.

However, Zhuang Renxiang said that most counties and cities plan to start providing vaccination services after the 19th, and the public can go to the website of the CDC to further link to the vaccine appointment information of each county and city to understand the plan.