The emergency rooms of 23 hospitals in Taipei would remain open during the Lunar New Year holiday, while COVID-19 vaccination services would also continue to be provided, the Taipei Department of Health said yesterday.
The 10-day holiday starts on Friday and runs through Sunday next week, and outpatient care services at hospitals and clinics, including telemedicine services for COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, as well as community pharmacies, would mostly be closed from Saturday to Tuesday next week.
While people with underlying health conditions should prepare enough medicine to last the holiday, the emergency rooms of 23 hospitals, including Taipei City Hospital’s seven branches, would be open 24 hours a day during the holiday, the department said.
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Foreign nationals who test positive for COVID-19 in Taipei can seek medical attention at six hospitals that provide international medical services: Taiwan Adventist Hospital, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital and Shin Kong Wu Ho Wu Memorial Hospital, the department said.
COVID-19 vaccination services would also be provided during the holiday, it said, adding that people can book on the online vaccination booking system (booking.health.gov.tw) for the 46th round of vaccinations, which started yesterday and runs through Sunday.
There are still about 22,000 slots available in this round for walk-ins, it said.
Bookings for the 47th round are open from 9am to 9pm from today to Friday. The vaccines are to be administered from Monday to Sunday next week, with 22,000 bookings available and an additional 6,000 slots for walk-ins.
The 48th round of online vaccination bookings are open from 9am to 9pm on Tuesday to Friday next week. The vaccines are to be administered from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, with more than 77,000 bookings available, as well as 23,000 walk-in slots.
Vaccine eligibility, the vaccines available and the contracted hospitals offering walk-ins can be found on the health department’s COVID-19 vaccination Web page (reurl.cc/o1Y8Vv), the department said.
Separately, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday said it launched a special Web page on which people can find COVID-19-related healthcare services during the Lunar New Year on the Center for Disease Control’s official Web site (www.cdc.gov.tw).
People who test positive for COVID-19 during the holiday are advised to first seek medical attention using telemedicine services, which can be found on the Web site or the National Health Insurance Administration’s mobile app (全民健保行動快易通), the CECC said.
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