(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan's single-day new new crown cases broke through 10,000 rapid screening reagents real-name system chaos
China News Agency, Taipei, April 28. Taiwan's new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to heat up, with more than 10,000 new confirmed cases in a single day.
The "epidemic command center" of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 28th that there were 11,517 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, including 11,353 local cases and 164 imported cases; another 2 new deaths were added.
According to reports from Taiwanese media such as the Central News Agency and the United News Network, the center said that the deaths that day were a man in his 70s and a woman in his 60s, both of which were severe cases and were not vaccinated against the new crown.
Taiwan's "United Daily News" reported on the 28th that the health and welfare department of the Taiwan authorities said that it will sign a BNT vaccine supply agreement to purchase 2.2 million doses of children's vaccines and 1.8 million doses of adult vaccines, which are expected to arrive in May.
With the continuous expansion of the epidemic in Taiwan, the demand for rapid screening reagents has increased significantly.
The "Command Center" announced on the 27th that the real-name system for rapid screening reagents will be implemented from the 28th.
According to a report from China Times News, the supply of quick-screening reagents was in short supply, and the day when the policy was implemented was chaotic: Taiwan's health insurance system was abnormally connected; each pharmacy only distributed 78 sets of quick-screening reagents every day, and people lined up on the streets early in the morning. Increased risk of clustering.
As of the 28th, a total of 88,446 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in Taiwan, of which 77,609 have been diagnosed locally; a total of 860 deaths have been reported, including 845 local deaths.
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