Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Taiwan: Arrivals of Lin Yang Match. Two adverse reactions to MVC-COV1901

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Translation of external news on disease control and Taiwan

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Arrivals of Lin Yang Match from Tokyo Olympics by China Airlines

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18 batches of MVC-COV1901 are being tested or supplemented. Vaccination may start in late August
   

Many people are looking forward to domestically produced MVC covi vaccines. The Central Epidemic Command Center released statistics yesterday. Since the reopening of willing registration at 2 pm on 27 July, as of 12 pm yesterday, a total of nearly one million people are willing to do so. As for the MVC COVID-19 Vaccine (MVC-COV1901), Chen Shizhong, the commander of the Central Epidemic Command Centre, said today that 4 batches of MVC-COV1901 with 265,000 doses have been tested and sealed, 10 batches are being tested, and 8 batches of materials to be supplemented. It is expected that there will be a chance to complete the inspection and start vaccination in late August.

The media continues to pay attention to the number of batches of MVC-COV1901 sent for inspection, and questioned why there is no result after two days of inquiry, and whether it is impossible to grasp the relevant information? Chen Shizhong responded "This kind of questioning method is not good!", thinking that with this attitude, "I think it is an unhealthy attitude", emphasizing that he didn't know the answer on the first day, and forgot to ask the next day, and several batches talked to the public The stakes are not significant. In addition, he also added that 4 batches of MVC-COV1901 have now been inspected and sealed, 10 batches are being tested, and 8 batches of relevant information to be supplemented.

Further inquiring about the details of the 8 batches of relevant materials to be supplemented, Chen Shizhong pointed out that as long as there are any doubts about drugs or vaccines, manufacturers will be asked to submit relevant materials to explain, and will not say that there are incomplete information or doubts and ignore them, emphasizing that "it must be broken." The casserole asks the end."

Chen Shizhong pointed out that there are various possible problems, and there is no way to be clear about them. There are many small problems here. As long as there are differences from the original report, they must be clarified. They are all problems that need to be clarified during the inspection process. The number is not very clear.

Chen Shizhong previously mentioned that MVC-COV1901 may be launched after the cumulative total of 500,000 to 600,000 doses. He explained today that they will be sealed after passing the test, and the time will probably not be too long. It is expected that there should be a chance to launch in late August.

In addition, some experts mentioned that high-end vaccines can be used as the third dose of vaccine to strengthen resistance. Chen Shizhong pointed out that the opinions of experts are respected but the consensus of experts is still needed, and it can be done more completely.

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MVC-COV1901 two rare adverse reactions include "facial nerve palsy", doctors do not recommend treatment for 2 ethnic groups 

Editor :  Zhuang Yating 

The domestic MVC COVID-19 Vaccine (MVC-COV1901) has obtained emergency use authorization (EUA). The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has completed the inspection of 265,000 doses of high-end packaging, and the vaccine profile on the CDC website pointed out that MVC-COV1901 vaccination has 2 rare adverse reactions. 

In this regard, the command center spokesperson Zhuang Renxiang confirmed on 3 August but emphasized that whether it is a causal relationship remains to be understood. Huang Limin, director of the National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, said that if there is not enough information, the two ethnic groups are not recommended to perform the vaccination.

The vaccine profile on the website of the Department of Disease Control pointed out that two cases of the MVC vaccination had rare adverse reactions after vaccination, including facial nerve palsy and high intraocular pressure. In this regard, Zhuang Renxiang said that after the vaccination, any adverse events and reactions will be collected. 

It is understood that these two reactions are cases that occurred after the vaccination, and this facial nerve palsy case has completely recovered afterwards, but before the vaccination he has upper respiratory tract infection. Therefore, whether nerve palsy and high intraocular pressure are related to vaccination is only a time series relationship, and whether it is a causal relationship still needs to be understood. 

Commander Chen Shizhong said that the case has adverse reaction notifications and chronological adverse reactions, and there are two other cases that require time to observe. Whether there is a causal relationship remains to be understood, mainly to let everyone know that these situations will occur after the vaccination. 

As for MVC-COV1901 to pass the EUA review, according to CTWANT, Huang Limin pointed out in an interview that EUA considers urgent needs and timeliness, so it is difficult to include all ethnic groups in the trial at the beginning. Vaccines can refer to the experience of the United States. Follow-up phase 3 clinical trials cover frail groups, pregnant women, young children and other ethnic groups.


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The first batch of BNT passed to the doctor in September: 6 million young people and mixed races first vaccinate

Reporter : Wu Xuantong / Image : Web Screenshot




The coverage rate of vaccines in Greater Taiwan has rushed faster than expected, but now it is facing the bottleneck of vaccine shortages, especially 4 million people who are not Moderna will not vaccinate. So the command centre has to think about ways. At this moment, there was good news that 15 million doses of BNT vaccine/Comirnaty may arrive in September. 

Experts suggested that young people who have not received any vaccines and mixed races should be given first. 

Taiwan’s current vaccine coverage rate has reached 34%, but there are still 4 million people who have not selected Moderna. Nobody knows when (Moderna) will come in, but there are reports now. The good news is that the first batch consisting 15 million doses of BNT vaccine/Comirnaty that Yongling, TSMC and Tzu Chi helped to purchase will arrive in September as soon as possible. 

Chen Shizhong said, "There is an emergency authorization that can be entered. It’s going to go smoothly for a permit to be scheduled for the schedule, and I will sign it in the afternoon.” He said he will complete the official document as quickly as possible. It can be seen that the minister also hopes to relieve his urgent need soon.

Take a look at the fifth round of willingness registration, Maude Iron powder accounted for 33.9%. Since 8/5, the newsletter can be sent on the 11th. Only 519,000 people can be vaccinated. Now there is more Comirnaty, which is also an mRNA vaccine. 

National Taiwan University Public Health Professor Chen Xiuxi: "This group of young people between the ages of 12 and 18 are all targets of the mutant virus, so we think that the way to protect these people is to activate the possible Pfizer vaccine." There were 4.849 million people in the second dose, plus 1.243 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17, and about 6 million people in mixed fights plus young people. However, the current domestic mixed fight test AZ mixed BNT clinical trials, there are many internationally. 

National Taiwan University Public Health Professor Chen Xiuxi said, "Prevent mutant virus. If his antibody concentration increases, he can increase his protection when encountering the Delta mutant virus." In addition, after Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech Republic and other European countries donated vaccines to Taiwan, Poland , Romania and Bulgaria are also experiencing problems with surplus and possible expiration of vaccines. They are considering donating or reselling to other countries. Among them, Taiwan has donated millions of masks to Poland and signed a memorandum of cooperation for small and medium enterprises. The interaction is good. The assessment is to give charcoal to Taiwan in the form of donations.


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"Lin Yang Match" is the first to register a trademark for the tie-breaker picture of the decisive ball? Netizens are angry
   
Image : Some netizens discovered that the picture of "Taiwan in!" was preempted by merchants to register, causing heated discussions. (The picture was reproduced from the public version of the Explosion Abandoned Commune)



Taiwan's "Golden Men's Doubles" Wang Qilin and Li Yang defeated the Chinese "Giant Towers" in the Tokyo Olympics Badminton Men's Doubles gold medal match on the 31 July and won gold; the final key ball was judged to be in the line by Hawkeye The pictures inside have become classics, detonating a wave of pictures. Recently, some netizens discovered that some merchants had already registered the trademark "Taiwan", and the brand name was still "Taiwan", which caused heated discussion.

The final tie-breaker of the "Lin Yang Match" game was recorded by Hawkeye and pressed on the line. The images in the judgment circle made the Chinese crazy. In addition to the large number of pictures on the Internet, many netizens have also been creative and focused. Now classics make commemorative T, credit card, masks and so on.

However, a netizen said in the Facebook community "Booming Waste Commune Public Edition" in the early morning of the 4th that he found that a businessman had used the picture of "Taiwan in!" created by a netizen to register a trademark. The brand name is "Taiwan" is expected to be used in related products such as cups, towels, and clothing.

Regarding this, other netizens disagreed, saying, "This way the creator can sue them", "Patented cockroach", "This is a bit exaggerated, the pattern is not designed by them, right", "I just thought about this trademark land silver in the morning. Have you signed up yet? I didn't expect the profiteers to take the lead." Some netizens also bluntly said, "You can't pass it at all. Place names cannot be registered as trademark names."

In this regard, the Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs stated that place names and popular patterns are not identifiable. Although they do not comment on individual cases, they say that "the names of the applied totems include the names of Taiwan" and "in totems have become widely popular. This picture will be associated with Lin Yang Match, which is no longer identifiable." These two key factors are the premise, and the examiner will not pass the trademark registration.


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Swimming pool closure lifted on 10 August! Chen Shizhong: Open at different times and implement crowd control
 

Since the Chinese Republic was downgraded to the second level of alert on 27 July, sea water playing and gym use have been opened, but swimming pools are still on the banned list, causing dissatisfaction with swimming pool associations, industry players, and players. There were more than 80 in total yesterday. People protested at the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Disease Management Agency and submitted a letter of love. Chen Shizhong said that after a meeting, it was determined that the player training plan should be carried out as soon as possible. Generally, the swimming pools will also be opened but owners and users must comply with the relevant regulations of the guidelines.

Regarding the issue of swimming pool re-opening, Chen Shizhong pointed out that he has discussed with the Ministry of Education and relevant representatives and believes that in terms of player training, especially the plan for training players to be carried out as soon as possible. Generally, swimming pools will also be removed from the non-open list, but they must comply with the guidelines including regular preparation and contingency measures, the implementation of crowd control and real-name systems, and time-based opening and disinfection.

The Ministry of Education will formulate relevant guidelines and report them to local authorities for implementation.

In addition, after the second level alert expires on 9 August 2021, it will continue and will not be downgraded. Chen Shizhong emphasized that in the face of downgrading, the observation of the epidemic may take two weeks to see, so there will be no major changes in the short term but if it is a problem raised by swimming pool companies individually, individual solutions will be sought. After 10 August, planning and operations will be carried out on this basis.

News (7) to (10) / Editor : Xia Yu / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/8/3/n13136508.htm 

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The Chief of Staff in front of Taiwan: Constructing "Hedgehog Taiwan" to prevent CCP's invasion

Image : The picture shows the Hanguang military exercise in Taiwan on July 15, 2020. A warship launched a U.S.-made Harpoon missile from the waters near Taiwan. (Handout/TAIWAN DEFENCE MINISTRY/AFP)


The situation in the Taiwan Strait has attracted international attention. Many international statements, including the G7 Communiqué and the U.S.-Europe Communiqué, mention the issue of peace in the Taiwan Strait. Li Ximing, the former chief of staff of Taiwan, said in an exclusive interview with Voice of America that Taiwan’s security cannot be counted on the goodwill of the Chinese mainland, nor on the friendship of the United States. "Strength" prevents the CCP from achieving the goal of war, and that is the way out for Taiwan.

On the day of the 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping shouted to "solve the Taiwan issue." On the same day, the CCP media disclosed the three stages of the CCP's use of force against Taiwan through text and animation, and the CCP military immediately resumed its harassment actions against Taiwan.

According to a report by the Chinese Communist Party’s official CCTV news client on 27 July, recently, an amphibious heavy synthetic armored unit of the 73rd Group Army, stationed in the southeast coast, organized an amphibious heavy synthetic armored unit to carry out a joint landing exercise for the island-taking system across the sea.

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The possibility of Chinese accomplices in Taiwan

Li Ximing, the former chief of staff of Taiwan, said in an exclusive interview with Voice of America that whether the CCP will attack Taiwan by force depends on military analysis alone. Two factors are involved, one is ability and the other is intention. He said, "When these two are both strong, war will come."

Li Ximing said that the current situation of the CCP is intentional and incapable, because although Xi Jinping has the "Chinese Dream" of fulfilling the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the most important amphibious transport tool for the communist army to cross the Taiwan Strait is far from enough. In addition, the People's Liberation Army (the Chinese Communist Army) has insufficient joint command and control capabilities and joint operations coordination capabilities across the entire battlefield. Therefore, at this stage, it does not have the ability to occupy Taiwan across the sea.

At present, the CCP is aggressively expanding its armaments. Li Ximing said that by 2027, it is estimated that the CCP's military will have the ability to transport across seas. As for the CCP's lack of such intentions, it depends on Xi Jinping's own political judgment of the situation at home and abroad.

Li Ximing also mentioned that Taiwan’s national defense faces four major dilemmas: The first is the continuous intrusion of the CCP’s gray area, the second is the preparation of the CCP’s armed invasion of Taiwan, the third is the lack of defense funding, and the fourth is the lack of time. From now until 2027, when the CCP has the "capability" to attack Taiwan, Taiwan has only six years left to prepare.

He said that due to the huge gap in the defense budget between the two sides of the strait, Taiwan must not use the traditional gun-to-cannon-style "arms race" approach to confront China (the CCP). Instead, it must change its concepts and adopt asymmetric thinking and practices. On the one hand, it made the CCP feel that the price of attacking Taiwan was too high. On the other hand, it made them feel that even if they paid a high price, they were still not sure to win Taiwan.

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"Hedgehog" or "Porcupine" strategy

Although the political circles in Washington and Taipei have recently debated whether the strategy is clear or vague, Li Ximing believes that clarity and vagueness are not the focus, but the focus is on strategy. He proposed a set of "Overall Defense Concept" (ODC: Overall Defense Concept) as the third way.

He said: "The best strategy is to become a real hedgehog Taiwan, a real bastion of Taiwan, so that it (the CCP) can't eat it, and it can't fight it. This naturally produces this deterrent ability."

He said that from the standpoint of Taiwan, it is best to prevent war; if it cannot be prevented, it is hoped that it can be deterred; if it cannot be deterred, it must be able to win the war. However, Li Ximing said frankly that it is not easy for Taiwan to win the war, especially the military budget on the other side is more than 20 times that of Taiwan, and the land area is much larger than Taiwan. The war of attrition under the symmetrical thinking is not suitable for Taiwan and will win. Not the CCP. Only asymmetrical operations have the opportunity to stop the Communist military from invading Taiwan by force, making it unable to achieve its goal of conquering Taiwan. In other words, as long as it can reject the CCP and make it unable to win Taiwan, it is tantamount to Taiwan's victory.

Li Ximing stated that the "holistic defense concept" is divided into two parts regarding asymmetric operations, one is the building of the army, and the other is how to use troops.

He said that the army was divided into three parts. He said, "In the first part, the army to be built must have battlefield survivability and combat power preservation capabilities. Those things that are easily destroyed by long-range missiles (missiles) are not appropriate, and no amount of money will be used."

He said, secondly, we must make good use of asymmetric forces, and the number should be sufficient. He believes that what Taiwan really needs is "a lot of deadly, maneuverable, and precise little things." For example, a large number of miniature missile speedboats can move quickly in more than 200 fishing ports in Taiwan, and the CCP's long-range missiles. It cannot be hit, otherwise, if traditional large ships can only dock in a few ports, as long as the communist army blows up the ports, the ships will be useless, and the airport is the same. There are also mines. He said that Taiwan laid a large number of mines on the beach, and the Communists would be bombed as soon as they landed. "So they can still come up?" As the United States announced last year to sell Taiwan's 100 sets of shore-mounted mobile harpoon missiles. , Also in line with this spirit.

In October 2020, the US State Department approved the sale of 100 "Harpoon Coastal Defense System" anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, and also approved the sale of US$1.8 billion worth of long-range ground-attack mobile missiles, as well as surveillance and reconnaissance sensors.

Taiwan believes that these weapons are purely defensive, and are part of a gradual shift to the "hedgehog" or "porcupine" strategy, which will enable Taiwan to strengthen its defenses while preventing the CCP from launching an offensive. DPP legislator Wang Dingyu told Bloomberg TV on October 27, 2020: “We need to defend ourselves. Therefore, when we develop our abilities, we will try to be like a hedgehog. When a lion tries to swallow a hedgehog, we will get hurt. ——So no lion will try to swallow a hedgehog."

Li Ximing told the Voice of America that after the battlefield survivability and asymmetric force are prioritized, the third is the traditional combat power plan. He believes that Taiwan should allocate the smallest part of its resources to traditional combat power, and the largest part of its resources to asymmetric combat power. These small, deadly, mobile weapons are truly capable of surviving on the battlefield, and they are cheap. They should be the main force of Taiwan's military purchasers.

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The use of troops in asymmetric warfare

The Voice of America reported that in the "Overall Defense Concept", in the event of a cross-strait war, the use of troops for asymmetric operations is also divided into three parts. The first is "force protection", that is, making good use of "a lot of lethal, mobile, and precise little things" to prevent opponents from hitting these mobile targets from a long distance. If he wants to hit, he must be close to the shore. This is the so-called "coastal victory" of the second part. Binhai refers to the sea not far away. The Chinese Communist Party ships close to it, and the Xiongji and Xiongsan missiles on Taiwan's land can handle it. If the Communists still cannot be resolved, the third step is to "annihilate the enemy on the beach."

Li Ximing said, “Because after you (the Chinese Communist Party) send all the equipment to the shore, it will take some time to build a beachhead to build combat power. I have to find ways to use this before you build your capabilities. Good time to annihilate you."

Li Ximing said that it is meaningless to discuss whether the U.S. military will send troops to help defend Taiwan. Even the U.S. military has no answer. The point is that Taiwan must have the ability to prevent, deter, and win wars. This is what Taiwan should do.  He believes that Taiwan’s security can only be placed on Taiwan’s own strength. The more Taiwan’s actions are in line with the core interests of the United States, the easier it will be to gain support from the United States.


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