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Pixabay photo for illustrative purposes Taiwan will prioritize the vaccination of roughly 990,000 health care workers and epidemic prevention personnel during the first phase roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Tuesday. In July 2020, the CECC listed nine groups of people that would be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, accounting for 65 percent of Taiwan's population, or about 13 million people. In the first phase, an estimated 999,300 people in the first five priority groups will be vaccinated, and the second phase will only start when 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been secured, CECC spokesman...