Taiwan Begins Moderna Vaccine Rollout 首批7萬劑莫德納疫苗今起3天打完

發布時間：2021/6/9 20:36 更新時間：2021/6/10 20:03

C. Chuang

Taiwan began administering the first, and the only batch of Moderna vaccines on June 9, with medical personnel working in hospitals where COVID-19 patients are being treated first in line to receive the shot. The Central Epidemic Command Center expects 70,000 doses, about half of what Taiwan received on May 28 from the US to be injected in three days' time.

Taiwan began administering Moderna COVID-19 vaccines on June 9. Vaccines were delivered to medical institutions and clinics around the country. Central Epidemic Command Center spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang said 70,000 doses have been distributed and will be administered in three days' time. National Taiwan University College of Public Health professor Chen Hsiu-hsi said that although the AstraZeneca vaccine has a lower protection rate, it is still effective in preventing severe cases and medical personnel shouldn't insist on receiving the Moderna vaccine. He added that this vaccine, which has a higher protection rate, should be reserved for those medical personnel taking care of patients with severe conditions.

Frontline workers who take care of confirmed cases in emergency rooms or ICUs already had the highest priority among medical personnel. They can choose to get the Moderna vaccine.

Shin Kong Memorial Hospital Deputy Superintendent Hung Tzu-jen said blood clots are a possible side effect of the AZ vaccine, and those medical personnel whom doctors do not recommend receiving the AZ vaccine are also candidates for the Moderna vaccine.

For example, she may be pregnant or have blood clots. Doctors may determine that those with existing risks should wait for the Moderna vaccine.

Taiwan has a very limited number of vaccines, so people may receive two doses of different vaccines. Scholars say a British study showed that the most common adverse effects from mixing vaccines included fever, but there were no serious adverse events. A Spanish study showed that receiving the AZ vaccine as the first dose and the BioNTech vaccine as the second had a higher neutralizing antibody protective effect than that of just one dose of the AZ vaccine.

They found that in people who received a first dose of a carrier vaccine and then a second dose of the BNT vaccine had a higher neutralizing antibody protective effect than that of just one dose of the AZ vaccine. This study tells us that mixing vaccines is possible.

Taiwan has so far received delivery of 150,000 Moderna vaccines, including the aforementioned 70,000. Chuang said two more batches of around 100,000 each are scheduled to arrive before the end of June.

莫德納疫苗9日起開始施打，醫療物流貨車趕緊將疫苗送到全國各醫療院所。中央流行疫情指揮中心發言人莊人祥表示，第一批配送的7萬多劑莫德納疫苗，預計在三天內注射完畢，台大公共衛生學院教授陳秀熙呼籲，AZ疫苗雖然保護力略差，但也能有效減少重症，沒必要所有醫護都搶打莫德納疫苗，保護力較強的莫德納疫苗，應該讓照顧重症患者的醫護人員優先施打。

新光醫院副院長洪子仁表示：「在急診或ICU(加護病房)等等，這些第一線的，就是照顧這個確診者的這些同仁，事實上，這個他們的優先順序，本來也是在醫事人員裡面，最高的一群，就可以來選擇莫德納的疫苗來施打。」

洪子仁也表示，因為AZ有血栓疑慮，醫師不建議施打AZ的醫護人員、也是這波莫德納疫苗施打對象。

新光醫院副院長洪子仁表示：「譬如說，她可能是有懷孕啊！或者是有血栓的一些風險的這些族群，那可能這些人，在醫師判定以後，認為他可以再等一下莫德納的疫苗。」

因為目前國內取得疫苗數量有限，有些民眾施打的兩劑疫苗有可能是不同廠牌，學者表示英國有研究顯示，混打有較高比例出現像是發燒等等常見疫苗不良反應，但沒有嚴重不良反應，另外，西班牙有研究顯示先打AZ再打BNT，比只打一劑AZ有較高的中和抗體保護效力。

台大環境與職業健康科學研究所博士候選人古玫生表示：「那發現說，先打一劑載體的疫苗，然後再打這個第二劑的BNT疫苗，可以較第一劑，只打AZ疫苗的人，有較高的中和抗體保護效力，那這研究，也告訴我們說，這個疫苗混打是有可能的。」

包含這第一批配送的七萬劑，目前國內已經取得15萬劑莫德納疫苗，莊人祥透露，如果順利，6月底還會有2批莫德納疫苗到貨，預計都是十多萬劑的小量進口。