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Taipei, May 9 (CNA) Facing a shortage of COVID-19 rapid tests needed to identify people with the disease, a Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) official said Monday that more than 100 million rapid tests on order should be delivered to Taiwan by the end of the month.
More than 100 million COVID-19 rapid test kits are expected to be delivered by the end of this month, a Ministry of Health and Welfare official said yesterday.
Tsai Shou-chuan, head of the ministry’s Department of Secretarial Affairs, told a meeting of the legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee that the government has ordered about 195 million Roche-brand and 50 million Abbott-brand rapid test kits.
About 65 million Roche and 30 million Abbot test kits, plus 37.5 million of other brands, should be delivered by the end of this month, Tsai said in response to questions by Taiwan People’s Party Legislator
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