Source: Straits Shinkansen
According to Taiwan media reports, the Taiwan epidemic command center held a press conference on the 15th to announce the latest epidemic situation on the island, adding 132 new local cases on the same day, and more than 100 cases were confirmed for 32 consecutive days, including 8 deaths.
According to the command center, the 132 new indigenous cases on the 15th were 62 males and 70 females, ranging in age from 5 to 80 years old.
The epidemic situation on the island is severe, but the vaccine is seriously insufficient, and the people on the island have recently gone to the mainland and the United States to administer vaccines. According to Taiwan media reports, the island recently set off a "wave of vaccine sightseeing", the most popular location in the United States, New York State recently announced that it can be vaccinated at the scenic spot, Alaska is directly at the airport.
According to reports, there are tourism industry on the island with the new crown vaccine to solicit customers, open the "Pfizer 30 days", "Johnson & Johnson 8 days" itinerary, many tourists are interested, known as two people in the trip, the price of 140,000 yuan to 350,000 New Taiwan dollars range, but also emphasizes "non-tour groups", just book tickets plus hotels, the quotation content includes Chinese tour guides and drivers, was criticized as "walking on the edge of the law". Because according to the relevant regulations on the island, it is still illegal to organize a group to leave the country, and the maximum fine can be NT$150,000.
In this regard, an island tourism industry said that since last week, a lot of people have received calls, want to participate in the "American vaccine group", or ask for tickets to the United States for vaccination, most of the people hope that the end of June, the beginning of July can leave, but now hindered by the relevant laws, travel agencies can not organize groups to travel abroad, at most it is to book tickets and hotels.
Taiwan's "Tourism Bureau" responded that at present, the island travel agency can help passengers book air tickets and hotels, and the driver from the airport transfer to the hotel also complies with the regulations, but if the driver is picked up from the hotel to other places such as the hospital, and even sends a tour guide to follow, there are already doubts about assisting in "arranging the itinerary" and similar to the "tour group".
In this regard, the media on the island have calculated an account. According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi Electronic News", according to the current airfare, catering and isolation hotel cost estimates, going to the mainland costs less than going to the United States, the cost of going to the mainland is about 150,000 yuan (NT$, the same below), if you go to the United States to administer the new crown vaccine, it will cost about 200,000 yuan. The report also pointed out that the difference in cost between the two options is not too large, and the time difference is a few days, mainly because the time and journey are quite hard, and it takes a total of 7 to 8 weeks to complete the flight and isolation.
Taking the trip to the mainland to administer the new crown vaccine as an example, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council has publicly stated that it welcomes Taiwan compatriots to take civil aviation planes to major cities on the mainland for vaccination, but the people of Taiwan must also meet 3 conditions: 1. They must strictly implement the regulations on epidemic prevention in the mainland, have a negative nucleic acid test certificate before boarding, quarantine for 14 days after disembarking, and then 7 days of community monitoring and cooperation with inspections; 2. Voluntary; 3. Informed and consenting.
As for the cost part, although the COVID-19 vaccine is free, the journey, accommodation and other expenses need to be borne by yourself. include:
1. Nucleic acid testing fee in Taiwan is 7,000 yuan;
2. Round-trip air ticket is about 16,000 yuan (taking Shanghai as an example);
3. Mainland quarantine hotel daily food and accommodation of about 450 yuan, a total of 21 days (14 +7), about NT$42,000;
4. Wait for 21 days after the first injection and then take the second injection, plus 21 days of food and accommodation for 42,000 yuan;
5. Return to Taiwan isolation hotel 3,000 yuan per day, a total of 14 days, a total of 42,000 yuan.
The sum of the above costs is about NT$150,000, but the total time course is as long as 56 days, that is, a total of 8 weeks before and after.
As for going to the United States to administer the new crown vaccine, the round-trip air ticket is about 50,000 yuan, plus the second injection after 2 weeks of isolation in the United States and waiting for 3 weeks, it takes a total of 5 weeks, and then quarantine for 2 weeks after returning to Taiwan, and the cost of administering the new crown vaccine plus food and accommodation is about 150,000 yuan, a total of about 200,000 yuan, and the time is at least 7 weeks.
In addition, what makes people more worried is that after receiving the vaccine abroad, if the side effects are more serious, there may be a need for medical treatment, and the cost of this part may be quite large.
In this regard, Chen Wenqian, a veteran media person in Taiwan, posted on Facebook, bluntly saying that for the first time, she felt that there was a "government" that was harder than iron stones. Chen Wenxi said that in the past, she had worried about the shortage of vaccines in Taiwan, and then she saw the new crown vaccination order, the DPP authorities and Tsai Ing-wen's office ranked themselves in second place, and the high-risk epidemic prevention personnel who came into contact with infected people such as customs and ambulance personnel actually ranked third. He prevented all private vaccine donations, and she did not agree to the company's own procurement of vaccines to save themselves. She only reads her polls every day, and as the pandemic spreads, he thinks about the next 'election'. He looked at the frightened people with disdain, she moved the vaccine to her team, and he ordered the international vaccines that he could buy late and without shame. ”
Chen Wenqian also sighed at the end of the article: "This is no longer the Taiwan I know. ”