The inspection situation of inbound passengers on Chinese flights.

(Photographed by reporter Yao Jiexiu)

[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] Passengers entering Taiwan from China have to take saliva PCR tests at the border starting from New Year's Day this year. The Central Epidemic Command Center announced yesterday that the new system of Chinese tourists entering Taiwan entering Taiwan on the first day of the new system has a high positive rate. twenty seven.

Eight percent, equivalent to about one out of every four people, is positive. It is expected that further samples will be sent for virus sequencing to grasp the trend of mutated viruses.

Italy previously announced that there were 120 Chinese inbound passengers on a flight, and as many as 62 people were positive, accounting for 52%, which aroused the attention of the outside world.

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In January of this year, my country remained closed to Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan, and those who came to Taiwan via the four direct air routes of Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xiamen in China and the Golden Horse Mini-Three Links must cooperate with the collection of saliva samples for PCR at the airport or port upon entry. After the test, you can return to your residence after the test, and wait for the PCR results while self-preventing the epidemic for seven days.

About one out of every four people is positive

The command center announced that on the first day of the new system, a total of 524 passengers who entered Taofei from China were tested, 378 were negative, 146 were positive, and the positive rate was 27.

Eight%.

Spokesperson Zhuang Renxiang said that the positive cases include people of their own nationality and non-nationalities, and no further statistical distribution is made. If they are foreigners of their nationality, or have health insurance status, or are employed in Taiwan, etc., the cost of confirmed isolation and treatment will be covered by the budget of our country, and the rest must be borne by oneself.

Zhuang Renxiang also pointed out that different countries have different policies on Chinese immigrants, some require negative screening certificates, and some land-based inspections, and Taiwan has not yet opened up the entry of Chinese tourists, which is different from other countries. In addition, the new system only has one day of data, so it is still difficult to determine positive If the rate is high or low, we need to continue to observe.

Regarding the positive cases imported from China, Zhuang Renxiang said that the Ct value is lower than 26 and the proportion of Taiwan entering Taiwan from the four airports in China will be sampled and then sent for virus sequencing. It is estimated that a maximum of 20 cases will be sequenced every day. The results will be available as soon as Friday, so as to grasp the trend of the mutated virus of the epidemic in China.