Taiwan's "Central Epidemic Command Center" held a press conference this morning (18th). The foreign affairs department of the DPP authorities announced on the spot that it would issue the so-called "Taiwan-US Epidemic Prevention Partnership Joint Statement" with the "Asian Association in Taiwan (AIT), claiming that in the future, scientific meetings will be held for vaccines, quick screening and drug research and development, and epidemic prevention materials will be provided with each other. It was also pointed out at the meeting that Taiwan will also provide 100,000 masks from the United States every week after its own mask production capacity has stabilized.
Wu Zhaoxie
Wu Zhaoxie, head of the foreign affairs department of the DPP authorities, threatened that Taiwan and the United States have close relations in terms of economy, security, politics and foreign relations. After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the DPP authorities have frequently contacted the "American Association in Taiwan". The "American Association in Taiwan" saw that Taiwan's epidemic prevention was excellent, so it gradually talked about future cooperation. The Director of the "American Association in Taiwan" and Taiwan's "China Research Institute" have begun to discuss cooperation.
Wu Zhaoxie also proudly claimed that there are shortages of materials around the world and the United States "specially" retained 300,000 protective clothing raw materials for Taiwan to enrich Taiwan's epidemic prevention materials.
In this regard, Chen Shizhong, commander of the "Central Epidemic Command Center", was asked, what is the sufficient mask production capacity? He said that it had reached 1,100 million pieces last week, but he did not dare to regard this amount as enough. He would continue to develop new production lines and continue to develop to 13 to 15 million pieces. The main reason is that there are still some cases where physical sales are queuing or queuing cannot be bought. This is the first step to deal with urgently and I hope it can be used.
Chen Shizhong said that the US side provides about 100,000 pieces a week. The price difference between such a volume and 300,000 protective clothing is very different. 100,000 pieces does not mean 100,000 pieces a day, but 100,000 pieces a week. Don’t say it’s cost-effective, but I hope everyone can communicate with each other and help each other to prevent the epidemic. There may be some supplies in the future, such as alcohol, etc.
Chen Shizhong emphasized that it is not just about wanting to cooperate with the United States, and he feels that he can cooperate with everyone in the world, whether it is technology or materials. But Taiwan also emphasized that it is necessary to do what it can and that if there is such a possibility, it will make the best choice. As for the development of science and technology, in addition to the United States, Europe and Japan actually have a good capacity and will continue to work hard to seek cooperation opportunities.
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