CDC to offer new vaccines, raise fees next yearRISING COSTS: Starting from March, the cost of shots for children aged six or younger would increase to NT$200, while those to others would rise to NT$150, the CDC saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe government is next year to offer new single-dose pneumococcal vaccines, as well as adjuvanted influenza vaccines for some elderly people, while increasing the administration fee for young children, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. The Executive Yuan on Thursday last week approved the policy, which includes offering new single-dose pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, CDC Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said. Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Taipei TimesThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has agreed that the single-dose vaccines can replace the current two-dose regimens, he said. He said that 150,000 doses of the new single-dose vaccine have been purchased, and would be ready for administering from Jan. 15 in two phases. People aged 65 years or older, indigenous people aged 50 to 64, and people aged 19 to 64 with high risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) are eligible for the government-funded single-dose pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, the CDC said.

Source: Taipei Times December 23, 2025 16:46 UTC