(Observer Network News) Taiwan's self-produced high-end vaccines can't be used up, what to do? Chen Shizhong declared that he has already approached many countries and may provide assistance. Chen Shizhong also said that it was inconvenient to disclose it because he was afraid of affecting the other side, which was a secret to the other country.
According to Taiwan media reports today, recently, after the supply of a variety of international vaccines in Taiwan tends to stabilize, high-end vaccines "disadvantages are fully displayed", today, the Kuomintang "legislator" Hong Mengkai proposed at the meeting, there are still 2.3 million doses of high-end vaccines have not yet arrived, coupled with the current vaccination slowdown, on the day of the 22nd of this month, the first and second doses of high-end vaccines are only 1,000 people each, he asked Chen Shizhong, head of the island epidemic command center, will the high-end vaccines that have not been delivered be used?
Chen Shizhong admitted that there are still 2.3 million high-end vaccines purchased by the government from high-end vaccine companies, and these vaccines are likely to be unusable in the future, and "it is predicted that they will not be used up."
Hong Mengkai asked whether the remaining high-end vaccines will have the so-called "advanced deployment", and will they be sent to people and cannot be sent out?
Chen Claims that high-end vaccines are working to pass paraguay's EUA (Emergency Use Authorization) review. As for whether high-end vaccines will aid the so-called "friends", Chen Shizhong said that many countries are currently in contact and will do their best to ensure that high-end vaccines are properly used without waste. But which countries are they? Chen Shizhong said that it was inconvenient to disclose because of fear of affecting the other party, "This is not confidential to us, but it is for them." ”
It is worth mentioning that after the outbreak of the epidemic, paraguay has been in shortage of vaccines as a so-called "friendly country" in Taiwan. In March this year, it was reported that Paraguay was negotiating the purchase of mainland vaccines through some channels, which immediately triggered fears of "severing diplomatic relations" on the island.
At that time, Wu Chao-sup, head of Taiwan's foreign affairs department, "patted his chest" and promised that one of the conditions for Taiwan's assistance to Paraguay was that it could not use Taiwan's money to buy mainland vaccines. More than a month later, Paraguay signed a contract with the UAE to procure 1 million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine. As a result, its previously stalled COVID-19 vaccination programme was restarted.
This time, for Chen Shizhong's statement that "the vaccine cannot be used up" and that it may aid "Paraguay", the netizens on the island did not buy it, and they mocked one after another, "Will it not be finished?" Tired of getting an injection, wanting to sleep for an injection, office workers before going to work to get an injection, going to the gas station for an injection, how can it not be used up? "I heard that the DPP supporters will play high-end, how can they not be used up?"
At the same meeting, Gao Hong'an, a "legislator" of the Taiwan People's Party, also pointed out that the number of AZ vaccines, Modena vaccines, BNT vaccines, etc. on the "CDC" website on the island can be clearly checked, but only high-end vaccines will no longer update the specific quantity after August, and no one knows the specific arrival, inventory, and whether it will expire or not, and how many will arrive?
Chen Shizhong responded that at present, a total of 2.231 million doses of high-end vaccines have been accepted, 1.367 million doses have been vaccinated, and the remaining 864,000 doses are valid for 6 months. In addition, the government has a five-million-dose contract with a high-end vaccine company plus a five-million-dose "opening" contract — if less than five million doses are used, it will not buy the five million doses in the open contract.
According to the data of the island's epidemic command center, as of now, there are 752654 people in Taiwan who have received the first dose of high-end vaccine, and 614535 people have completed two doses, but only 528 people have received the first dose of high-end vaccine from 23 to 24 days, and 833 people have received the second dose, and the data is not ideal.
On the same day, Chen Shizhong explained that this is because the peak period of vaccination has passed before there will be a slow tide. However, in comparison, on the 22nd, 63,527 people were vaccinated against AZ.
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