Taiwan’s household rapid screening reagent costs more than 300 yuan, which is much more expensive than foreign countries; the United States and Europe have 50 yuan of reagents for the public to easily obtain and buy. Chen Shizhong, commander of the command center, said today that in order to allow the public to obtain quicker and cheaper household rapid screening tests, it is not ruled out that they will be listed as anti-epidemic materials and requisitioned by the government.
As the domestic epidemic continues to spread, can the collection and inspection volume be sufficient to cope with it, and whether the “correction return” may reappear in the event of an explosion.
Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said at a press conference on the epidemic this afternoon that when the local epidemic broke out in mid-May last year, the domestic single-day inspection volume was only 27,000, and later increased to 27,000 in just one month. 80,000 pieces, climbed to 100,000 to 120,000 pieces in August and September last year, and reached about 140,000 pieces at the beginning of this year.
Luo Yijun said that according to the latest statistics, as of March 25, there were 250 designated inspection institutions in Taiwan, with a single-day PCR inspection volume of 194,000, which is 100 more than last May, and the volume can be increased by 6 times. As the number of cases increases, notification conditions and collection and inspection regulations will be relaxed again. For example, it will be replaced by home quick screening or medical quick screening. The relevant regulations will be adjusted in a rolling manner according to the epidemic situation.
Chen Shizhong, commander of the command center, said that in order to improve the inspection capacity, the PCR pool is also being promoted recently, that is, 10 samples are mixed together for inspection, and the inspection capacity is expected to be further improved. There are some situations, but Taiwan has greatly simplified the items to be filled in for notification inspection and accelerated the notification process.
Some media asked that a domestic quick-screening reagent is priced at NT$300, and Iceland is only NT$80. In the future, it is possible that the central government will purchase it uniformly to lower the price.
Chen Shizhong pointed out that it is an important trend in the future to allow everyone to obtain rapid screening reagents quickly and at a relatively cheap price.
To coexist with the virus in the future, the amount of oral antiviral drugs can be very critical. Chen Shizhong said this morning when answering a question from the Legislative Yuan Sanitation and Environmental Protection Committee that Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Molnupiravir are currently procuring a total of 25,000 copies, which will arrive in Taiwan in three quarters. To purchase more than 100,000 Pfizer oral medicines.
Chen Shizhong pointed out that there are two issues for oral antiviral drugs to be discussed by experts. One is how much to prepare, and the other is how to use them in the future and their indications. He said that at present, the UK has the most prepared oral antiviral drugs, which is about 6% of the total population. To 7%, other countries about 2% to 4%, Taiwan will also target such a percentage.
Responsible editor: Yu Weining
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