Meanwhile, during his visit to Taichung, Premier Su said the central government's seven vaccinations sites are well-received and it helps greatly to relieve the burden for local authorities.
The large-scale vaccination site in Taichung was filled with parents and children on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in the morning.
“You just start counting and I'll get ready for the shot. OK, here you go.” “1, 2, 3.” “OK, it's done!”
The nurse tried to calm the child down to administer the shot. The process only took about a few seconds each, but some children got too flustered and needed more soothing. It was the third day of vaccination on the 3rd, and even more parents brought their children to the Taichung National Museum of Natural Science for vaccination. Many parents brought their children to the government's vaccination site since they hope to get their children vaccinated earlier.
Parent: “I feel more secure. The school offers vaccination starting June 10, but I want my child to get vaccinated a week earlier. The earlier vaccinated the earlier protected.”
Parent: “The school doesn't offer vaccination until next week. I'm here because I want my child to get vaccinated first, I feel more at ease.”
Premier Su Tseng-chang and Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung arrived at the vaccination site at 8:30 a.m. to see how the procedures were going. Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je recently criticized the central government's move to set up more vaccination sites as unnecessary since different cities are also administering vaccinations already. In response, Premier Su said 5,000 shots were administered in just three days in Taichung, which obviously helped to increase children's vaccination rate.
Su Tseng-chang, Premier: “We have set up seven large-scale vaccination sites for children in the six special municipalities. These sites are well-received. It brings more convenience for parents. Children get protected and it relieves the burden on each city.”
Meanwhile, the KMT earlier demanded an investigation and prosecution of Legislative Deputy Speaker Tsai Chi-chang's assistant for allegedly spreading false information regarding the Taichung City Government's children's vaccination status. Premier Su said misunderstandings have been cleared. The Taichung Veterans General Hospital said that they expect to administer up to 3,600 shots per day, which would greatly boost children's vaccination coverage.
端午連假第一天，台中市的兒童大型疫苗接種站，已經擠滿了家長帶著小朋友，準備施打疫苗。
「你開始數，我再開始動作，來，你先數喔。」「一、二、三。」「好，結束囉。」
只有短短幾秒。有的孩子因為太過緊張，需要大人陪伴安撫。3號一早，台中科博館的兒童施打站，人潮比前兩天增加不少，許多家長表示校園施打時間較慢，早點打早點安心。
家長說：「覺得比較有保障，雖然學校是6月10號打，想說提早一週打還是比較有保護力。」、「因為學校的注射時間是下禮拜，可以先打就先過來比較放心。」
行政院長蘇貞昌一早8時半，和衛福部長陳時中來到這裡，了解施打狀況和動線。對於台北市長柯文哲批評，中央開設的接種站效應不大，蘇貞昌表示光是台中這個接種站，三天就施打5000人，明顯提高兒童的接種率。
行政院長蘇貞昌表示：「在六都設了7個大型接種站，讓民眾能夠帶著小朋友來施打，受到很熱烈歡迎。不但給家長方便，孩童受到保護，而且減輕了地方的負擔。」
至於國民黨指控立法院副院長蔡其昌的助理轉發圖卡，質疑台中市府施打疫苗效率應該查辦。蘇貞昌表示，雙方對於誤解已經對外說明，相互了解就好。而負責施打站設立的台中榮總表示，目前一天開設12條施打線，預估一天可以施打3600人，將加速兒童疫苗涵蓋率。
