Eight European countries suspend vaccination against AstraZeneca, DPP authorities: Taiwan continues to fight
[Global Network Reporter Zhao Youping] Taiwan’s "Central News Agency", "Xin Tou Shell" and other Taiwanese media reported on March 12 that Denmark, Norway and Iceland announced yesterday (11th) that some patients with new coronary pneumonia were vaccinated with British Astelli. AstraZeneca vaccine was temporarily discontinued due to the occurrence of thrombus after the Kang vaccine (AZ vaccine).
Will Taiwan stop the AstraZeneca vaccine?
In this regard, Taiwan’s "Minister of Health and Welfare" Chen Shizhong stated on the 12th that Taiwan will continue to fight.
The DPP authorities refused to purchase any vaccines related to the mainland, resulting in a shortage of vaccines.
On the morning of March 3, the Taiwan authorities announced that they had received the first batch of 117,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. According to the plan, this batch of vaccines will be given priority to the highest-risk medical staff in the first order.
However, this batch of vaccines has not yet started, and the sterility test will be completed on the 17th, and it will be opened as soon as next week.
Taiwan’s "Central News Agency" stated that on the 12th, regarding whether the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the three Nordic countries would reduce the willingness of Taiwanese people to vaccinate, Chen Shizhong said, "The EU has officially stated that there is no direct evidence of this situation. So I still call for continued vaccinations."
The media also asked that IOC President Bach announced yesterday that the Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo this year and the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing next year will provide participants with the new crown vaccine purchased from the mainland. Will Taiwanese athletes use it?
Regarding this issue, Chen Shizhong said that currently athletes have been included in the first batch of vaccine priority vaccination targets; as for whether Taiwan will consider using land-based vaccines in the future, he said that if there is more scientific evidence to prove its safety and effectiveness, Of course it does not rule out.
According to foreign media, in addition to Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, Austria announced on March 8 that it had suspended the use of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines because a 49-year-old domestic nurse died of "severe blood clotting a few days after the vaccination." Problems"; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Luxembourg 4 European countries have also suspended the use of this batch of AstraZeneca vaccines.
At present, 8 European countries have suspended all or part of the vaccination of AstraZeneca's new crown vaccine to investigate whether there is an inevitable connection between the vaccine and blood coagulation.
According to the BBC, about 5 million Europeans have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca, and there have been about 30 reports of adverse reactions involving thrombosis or coagulation.
Regarding the suspension of the administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine in many European countries, Chen Shizhong still said that Taiwan will continue to administer the vaccine. Luo Youzhi, a senior media person in Taiwan, asked Chen Shizhong in a Facebook post on the 12th, "This is in keeping with the 117,000 doses sent by Korean Air last week. Is there any connection between vaccines?” Luo Youzhi said, if it’s the same batch, Taiwan medical staff will fight next week. Does Taiwan have more advanced "scientific evidence" or is it purely treating medical staff as chimpanzees or mice?
"What people don't want, let's come, is that right?" Luo Youzhi asked.
Some netizens on the island suggested that Chen Shizhong should play first: "This is the responsibility." ↓
Some netizens are helpless: "Do we have any choice?" ↓
Some netizens asked: Isn't it necessary to "advance deployment"?
Will there be time to respond when the evidence comes out?
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Some netizens said, why no one dared to tell the truth, in fact, the vaccine from the mainland is the most suitable for Taiwan (in terms of accessibility and technical safety)......↓