Minister of Health and Welfare Xue Ruiyuan (left) is in the Legislative Yuan for inquiry today.

(Photo by reporter Wang Yisong)

[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] The Audit Department's report questioned the destruction of the Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) vaccine. DPP legislator Lin Chuyin quoted the H1N1 vaccine destruction rate as high as 52% in the Ma government era and asked, Auditor-General Chen Ruimin It was pointed out that there were reminders, and Minister of Health and Welfare Xue Ruiyuan said slowly that large-scale destruction is also helpless, and it cannot be blamed for not doing a good job in epidemic prevention.

The scrapping rate of domestic COVID-19 vaccines is 6.5%, which is lower than the global rate of 10%, but it continues to be the target of the opposition. Lin Chuyin compiled data today and pointed out that in 2009, a total of 15 million doses of H1N1 vaccine were purchased, including Guoguang 10 million doses and Novartis 500 10,000 doses, of which 44% were used, and 4% of the same amount of H5N1 vaccine was replaced. In other words, as high as 52%, and more than 7.74 million doses were expired and destroyed.

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Lin Chuyin believes that compared with such figures, is it reasonable for the staff and medical staff of the Ministry of Health and Welfare who are currently fighting against the COVID-19 epidemic?

Xue Ruiyuan pointed out that there is nothing to do with large-scale destruction, but it cannot be blamed for not doing a good job in epidemic prevention, because everyone who needs to be beaten has been beaten.

DPP legislator Zhong Jiabin also pointed out that the destruction of H1N1 vaccines during the Ma government period was higher. Has the Audit Department investigated?

It should be balanced.

He also pointed out that Article 105 of the Government Procurement Law stipulates that in the event of war, natural disasters, epidemics or major financial and economic changes in the country, the procurement matters that need to be dealt with urgently are not applicable to the Government Procurement Law. Therefore, the audit department should review it. Adjust your thinking.

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