China News Service, October 29, Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said in response to reporters on the 29th that people’s health is not a child’s play. The diagnosis of cases should be scientific and rigorous, without political factors, let alone a tool for political manipulation.
A reporter asked a question. The Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Command Center confirmed on the 28th that the Taiwanese businessmen who had previously been declared confirmed to have returned to Taiwan from Jiangsu were not infected. The relevant test results were caused by errors in the specimens. The medical records have now been removed.
Some public opinion believes that this is equivalent to giving justice to the mainland's disease management unit.
What is your response to this?
Zhu Fenglian said that this is not the first time that relevant parties in Taiwan have had problems with the diagnosis of cases.
She pointed out that on February 3 this year, a Taiwan compatriot returned to Taiwan from Wuhan. He was declared a confirmed case by the Taiwan Epidemic Prevention Agency and caused speculation. It contributed to the spread of rumors and attacks on the island to prevent and control the epidemic on the mainland and became a DPP authority. At that time, it was an excuse to hinder Taiwan compatriots in Hubei from returning to their hometown.
However, the Taiwanese compatriot was not informed of the diagnosis at the first time and was not arranged to receive any treatment.
Based on the actual situation it has learned, the Taiwan Affairs Office of Wuhan immediately questioned Taiwan’s confirmation of the diagnosis. Based on the needs of epidemic prevention and control and the concern for the health of Taiwanese compatriots, it raised 7 questions from a professional perspective and requested the Taiwan epidemic prevention agency to make them as soon as possible. Specific, precise and true explanations, but the Taiwan side has always avoided and kept silent.
Zhu Fenglian said that since the outbreak of the epidemic, we have repeatedly emphasized that people's life and health is not a child's play. The diagnosis of cases should be scientifically and rigorously, without political factors, let alone a tool of political manipulation.
This time, the Taiwan compatriot returning from Kunshan, Jiangsu Province was mistakenly diagnosed by Taiwan, which not only caused trouble and harm to the Taiwan compatriot, but also caused Kunshan City to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to carry out 2,000 nucleic acid tests and environmental disinfection treatment overnight.
After Kunshan announced that the nucleic acid test results of the relevant population were all negative, nearly half a month later, the Taiwan epidemic prevention agency finally admitted that this Taiwan compatriot was wrongly diagnosed.
Zhu Fenglian said that we hope that the relevant parties in Taiwan will take warning and uphold a rigorous scientific attitude and professionalism that is the way to prevent and control the epidemic.
They should also sincerely say "I'm sorry" to this Taiwan compatriot.