Doctors urge kids to get vaccinated ahead of school

By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source With school beginning this week and COVID-19 and influenza activity at high levels, doctors at the Taiwan Immunization Vision and Strategy said children are at higher risk of infection and should get vaccinated as soon as a new program begins.COVID-19 is still in the epidemic period, with weekly cases at a high level, while weekly flu cases in the past few weeks were at the highest level for the period in a decade, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data showed.Infection risks might increase as students return to school, the CDC said. The Centers for Disease Control building is pictured in Taipei in an undated photograph. Photo: Lin Huei-chin, Taipei Times Taiwan Immunization Vision and Strategy chairman Lee Ping-ing (李秉穎) said that