Source: Chen Shizhong, head of the health and welfare department of Huaxia Jingwei. (Photo/China Times data photo)
According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", the first batch of Oxford AZ vaccines purchased from Astertellas (AZ) were shipped by Korean Airways to Taoyuan Airport on the 3rd. The first wave totaled 117,000 doses. However, Chen Shizhong, head of the health and welfare department of Taiwan, said that the price could not be announced because of the signing of a confidentiality agreement, which aroused criticism from the outside world. Kuomintang "legislator" Fei Hongtai questioned that behind the mystery of vaccine procurement is political factional struggle and interest struggle, and urged Chen to come out and make it clear. Zhao Shaokang, chairman of Taiwan's "China Guangxi", also said bluntly that those who make money due to the epidemic disaster are really hateful.
Fei Hongtai criticized the island's political commentary program "Shaokang War Room" on the 9th that it has been a week since the vaccine arrived in Taiwan. Chen Shizhong has never explained clearly what the ethnic group is. Moreover, the number of 117,000 doses is very strange. COVAX (the new crown vaccine guarantee mechanism) is 200,000 doses. Since we did not buy it from COVAX, who did we buy it from? There are various rumors on the Internet now, and this is true in the current social atmosphere.
As for the purchase price of the vaccine, Fei Hongtai pointed out that in October and November last year, he questioned Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the epidemic command center, and raised questions about whether the vaccine represented by the current chairman of Taiwan Toyo, Lin Quan, was "31 yuan per dose" (USD, the same below). Zhuang said it was not 31 yuan at the time; Fei Hongtai continued, but later he learned that 31 yuan was the cost of Dongyang's purchase, and Dongyang wanted to sell it to the food and drug department for 38 yuan, making 7 yuan from it, but someone competed and compared Dongyang. In addition, Jacob Bubu Buchen sold it for 45 yuan for one dose without cold chain, which also involved the agency issue of Shanghai Fosun Pharma.
At that time, Chen Shizhong seemed to be more interested in Jacob Bubu Buchen. Fei Hongtai questioned: "Why don't I not include cold chain for 38 yuan, I want to buy 45 yuan without cold chain?" Fei criticized the faction's struggle from vaccine procurement, "How much is there in the competition? Please tell us, how much does it cost to enter AZ? How much more should we expect to come in? When can we start fighting? Why don't we still not fight now? There are too many questions here, and he dare not answer. They are all making mystery. I don’t know how much benefits there are behind this mystery?”
In response to the Kuomintang “legislators” such as Fei Hongtai questioning the business opportunities involved in vaccine procurement, the host Zhao Shaokang criticized the people who made black money from it, whether it was masks or vaccines, "It’s really hateful!"
Regarding Chen Shizhong’s statement that Jacob Bubuchen was the only one. Chen clarified on February 22 that he was the same in Dongyang and Jacob Bubuchen. He must have authorized documents to continue to talk. As for the 117,000 doses of vaccines arrived in Taiwan, Chen admitted that it was part of the 10 million doses directly negotiated with AZ. "COVAX has not arrived yet, and there is no news yet." And there is no response from the German BNT vaccine at present.
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