It is estimated that about 70,000 doses of Moderna have not been administered in Taiwan. The command center said that it will ask questions every day and take inventory of the vaccination situation in various places at any time. (Taiwan's "China Times" file photo)
Taiwan has 70,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine that will expire before August 6. The Taiwan authorities' epidemic command center originally said that it would be withdrawn before July 28 to provide manufacturing for Category 7 projects. However, Commander Chen Shizhong emphasized yesterday that after confirming with the local government, the local vaccination guarantee will be used up within the validity period. Therefore, the command center will "ask every day and take inventory at any time" unless it is really impossible to complete the vaccination. Start filing and recycling.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe complained that the Taiwan authorities’ vaccine reservation system was launched, and it was all controlled by the Democratic Progressive Party. As a result, there were a lot of vaccines left, including Moderna, which was about to expire. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the command center, said that the quantities that have not yet been arranged for deployment in various counties and cities will be returned to the command center.
However, Lin Yingyan, chairman of the Taiwan Primary Care Association, appealed that many people on the island cannot get Moderna if they want to, and the vaccine cold chain requirement is 2 to 8 degrees Celsius. If it is transported one more time, it may be spoiled in the process. For reimbursement, he suggested that medical staff should be allowed to work together or vaccinate them 28 days apart according to Category 1 to Category 3 personnel.
Regarding this, Chen Shizhong said that it is not allowed to let the remaining vaccines expire. Therefore, he has repeatedly confirmed with the local government. The local government has issued a guarantee and has a complete plan. It will definitely actively promote vaccination. At present, he also believes that the vaccination can be completed. In this case, there is no need to activate the backup plan.
As for filing, what is it? Chen Shizhong said that he "asks every day and takes inventory at any time" whether the local government is following the plan. He also admitted that the vaccine will not be withdrawn without reason, and it is necessary to avoid moving the vaccine so that it will not be reimbursed, so cooperation between the Taiwan authorities and local governments is needed.
Taipei City Deputy Mayor Cai Bingkun pointed out yesterday that all vaccines in Taipei City can be vaccinated before their expiration date, and it is true that "no dose of vaccine will expire, and no dose of Moderna will be withdrawn by the Taiwan authorities." However, the Nantou County Government blasted that the vaccine supply was not running out, but that there was a shortage of vaccines. It criticized the DPP for unilaterally announcing that the vaccines were about to expire, which was basically blaming the shortage of vaccines.
Other counties and cities also said they would arrange vaccinations before the end of the month. Hualien County Health Director Zhu Jiaxiang pointed out dissatisfiedly that the person who currently has the most Moderna vaccines is not the local government but the Taiwanese authorities; Changhua County Health Director Ye Yanbo said It is hoped that the Taiwan authorities will first understand the local front-line implementation status before releasing information, and suddenly announce the Moderna inventory, making the public mistakenly believe that there is still a lot to fight.
