Taiwan's new crown cases exceeded 10,000 for two consecutive days, and the shortage of rapid screening reagents caused public dissatisfaction

(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan's new new crown cases exceeded 10,000 for two consecutive days, and the shortage of rapid screening reagents caused public dissatisfaction

　　China News Agency, Taipei, April 29. Taiwan's new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to heat up, with more than 10,000 new confirmed cases in a single day for two consecutive days.

The "epidemic command center" of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 29th that there were 12,313 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, including 11,974 local cases and 339 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 death cases on that day were 2 males, in their 80s and 50s, both of which were severe cases and had a history of neurological diseases.

　　There were 4,095 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in New Taipei City that day, accounting for about one-third of the total confirmed cases in Taiwan.

According to China Times News on the 29th, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi pointed out that the positive rate of local community screening stations has been on the rise in recent days.

　　The new crown epidemic has spread to Taiwan's "CDC".

The secretary of "Director of the CDC" Zhou Zhihao was diagnosed on the 28th, and 6 close contacts, including Zhou Zhihao, are currently taking "3+4" home isolation.

　　According to the Central News Agency, on the 29th, the second day of the implementation of the real-name system for rapid screening reagents, Taiwan pharmacist Huang Yanru said that only 2,202 of the more than 4,000 sales points originally scheduled to receive the reagents that day, and many sales points this Sunday may be out of stock. The shortage of rapid screening reagents has caused public dissatisfaction.

　　As of the 29th, a total of 100,753 cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in Taiwan, of which 89,579 have been confirmed locally; a total of 862 deaths have been reported, including 847 local deaths.

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