taipei taiwans government has approved a second covid19 booster vaccine dose for those 65 and older and third boosters for the immunocompromised as it looks to step up its fight against a spike in domestic infections that has yet to peakwhile taiwan is dealing with a rise in local cases the numbers overall remain small 15544 since january 1 and just four people have died with more than 99 of those infected reporting either minor or no symptomstaiwans centres for disease control said late wednesday it had approved second booster shots for the elderly as well as residents of longterm care facilitiespeople with compromised immune systems including dialysis patients and those who have received organ transplants are approved for third booster shots it addedthose getting their second or third booster should get them at least five months after their last shot and can choose among the moderna inc pfizerbiontech taiwanmade medigen or novavax brands it saidtaiwan has yet to receive any novavax vaccinessouth korea has approved a second booster shot for people over 60 and singapore has said a second booster dose is planned for those 80 and olderabout 80 of taiwans 23 million people are now double vaccinated and almost 60 have had a first booster dose while maskwearing mandates continuethe government has warned that a further rise in cases is expected driven by the more infectious omicron variant but is pursuing a policy of living with the virus to limit the impact on the economy rather than lockdownsspeaking at his daily news briefing on thursday health minister chen shihchung who has predicted 10000 daily cases by the end of the month said the peak of the current wave had yet to be reachedtaiwan has reported 43243 infections since the pandemic began more than two years ago and 856 deaths