(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) All existing brands of vaccines in Taiwan will face expired destruction

  China News Agency, Taipei, March 21. Taiwan's "epidemic command center" announced on the 21st that there were 5 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, 4 of which were related to the recent Chiayi wedding banquet mass case.

There are also 93 imported cases from abroad, of which 42 were positive for flight landing tests.

  According to reports from the Central News Agency, Lianhe Daily and other media, a total of 10 people have been diagnosed in the Chiayi wedding banquet-derived cluster case.

Including the cluster case, there are currently 5 transmission chains on the island that are still in the monitoring period and the source of infection has not been clarified.

  In addition, Su Zhenchang, the head of the administrative department of the Taiwan authorities, said at an epidemic prevention meeting that day that the vaccines of various brands on the island, including AZ, Modena, BNT and high-end, will be released one after another from this week to the end of the year. to destroy.

But no exact statistics on the number of vaccines on the horizon have been released.

Su Zhenchang also said that the "epidemic epidemic command center" actively obtained vaccines through various means before the global epidemic broke out. Therefore, there are currently sufficient vaccines on the island, but because the current epidemic situation is slowing down, the willingness of the public to vaccinate fluctuates.

  In fact, a lot of public opinion on the island has recently paid attention to the issue of vaccine expiration.

A number of local politicians have publicly expressed their concern that a considerable number of vaccines will not be available within the validity period, and criticized the authorities for lack of complete planning of vaccine policies, and a large number of vaccines being scrapped will mean a huge waste of money.

A commentary in "China Times" pointed out that the expiration of Taiwan's vaccines is due to the fact that the authorities' vaccine policies are influenced by interest groups and deviated from the right track. Going to the doctor in a hurry when sick, overbought and overbooked.

The comment believes that the authorities should take political responsibility for the expired destruction of vaccines. "Vaccines are the cream of the people, how can they be so wasted."

  Up to now, there have been 22,003 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, including 15,508 local cases and 853 deaths.

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