Taiwan self-funded screening tests more expensive than mainland China Minister of Health and Welfare: because accurate ah

Taiwan Central Epidemic Command Center Commander Chen Shih-chung. (Courtesy of the Central Epidemic Command Center)

In response to the CCP virus (Wuhan pneumonia) epidemic, Taiwan’s Minister of health and Welfare and Commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center Chen Shih-chung hosted a press conference on January 18 to explain the epidemic and epidemic prevention policies. In response to a reporter’s question about people paying for their own screening tests being more expensive than on the mainland, Chen said bluntly: “Because we are more accurate!

The company’s main business is to promote the development of the company’s products and services. In addition, Minister Chen Shizhong, you can immediately take the test is there a privilege? Do I need to pay for it?

In this regard, Chen Shizhong replied: “This issue varies from situation to situation, and each person also has different conditions, and there is no privileged part, that is, in the expansion of screening, I still follow the procedures this way, if they want me to pay, I will pay, and there is no problem”, he got a negative report, and only then began to continue the action, trip. The command center epidemic surveillance team leader Zhou Zhihao added that Chen Shizhong met the conditions for community notification testing, expanding the screening without having to pay by public funds.

The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.

The media asked why there was a delay in lowering the price of self-funded screening in Taiwan, and Chen answered directly: “Because we are more accurate! He read a report at noon on the 18th that China can send a whole batch (of tests) and give a negative report without testing, so there are a lot of details that are different, “It is meaningless to compare (Taiwan and mainland screening costs) like this”.

In addition, Chen Shizhong said on the radio program on the 14th, the epidemic situation in Hebei Province, mainland China, “I think it is very serious”, not only the number of cases doubled every day, but also to offer traffic blockades, community control, etc., although not announced the closure of the city, but the control has been made and Wuhan after the closure of the city’s actions, “are people not alert at all?

Chen Shizhong said that the current traffic blockade in several areas of Hebei, the implementation of community management, “with the original Wuhan to close the city’s actions are the same”. Taiwan’s command center has raised its quarantine specifications to stand by.