The "Monkeypox Vaccination Willingness Registration Platform" was fully booked within 10 minutes after it opened for registration.

(Extracted from the registration platform website)

[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Report from Taipei] Local monkeypox has been reported in 8 counties and cities so far, with a total of 10 cases. The risk in the community has increased. "Monkeypox vaccination willingness registration platform" (https://mpox.cdc.gov.tw/) Opening to the public at 3 pm today, within 10 minutes, the 3,000 quotas were full. During this period, the system went online at the same time and reached a maximum of 6,048 people. The Department of Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that the filling function will be temporarily closed, and registration will be opened again after the amount of vaccines available in the future .

If the public self-assesses their own risk and "has had high-risk sexual behavior in the past 6 months", such as venereal disease patients, multiple sexual partners, sex trade service providers, and those who have sex in business places, they can go to the "Monkeypox Vaccination Willingness" at 3 pm today In the first phase, 2,500 doses of vaccines will be provided. It is estimated that there will be a 20% no-show rate. Therefore, 3,000 quotas will be opened for registration. A total of 6 hospitals in Liudu will provide vaccinations, and they are Linsen TCM Kunming Hospital of Taipei Municipal United Hospital. District, Yadong Hospital, Taoyuan Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chi Mei Hospital, and Kaohsiung City Datong Hospital.

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Luo Yijun, deputy director of the CDC, explained that after the opening of the “Monkeypox Vaccination Willingness Registration Platform”, the registration quota was full at 3:9, and the maximum number of people in the system at the same time was 6048.

Because the number of people willing to register for monkeypox vaccine has exceeded the current available vaccine service volume, the platform form is temporarily closed to fill in the form, and registration will be opened again after the subsequent available vaccine volume.

Luo Yijun pointed out that the CDC will then evaluate the open platform to provide a second round of registration depending on the actual vaccine appointment and vaccination status.

In addition, after the arrival of 10,000 doses of vaccines in early April, they will be provided to high-risk people for vaccination as soon as possible after the seal inspection is completed.

Since June 23 last year, my country has listed monkeypox as a second-class legal infectious disease. As of today, a total of 16 cases have been confirmed, including 10 local cases, 2 cases each in Taipei City, New Taipei City, Yilan County, Miaoli County, and Hsinchu County. County, Hsinchu City, Yunlin County, and Kaohsiung City have 1 case each, and 6 cases have been imported from abroad. Infected countries include Germany, the United States, Austria, and Japan.

The age of the cases ranged from their 20s to their 50s, with a median of about 30s, and they were mainly infected by sexual contact.