COVID-19: NPP calls for Tsai to take charge of COVID-19 fightBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporterPresident Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should personally lead the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic so that personnel and resources can be made available quickly to those in need, New Power Party (NPP) lawmakers said in a statement yesterday. In other countries, it is the president or prime minister who fully takes charge on the front line of the battle,” they said. “President Tsai should assume command so that all personnel and resources can be quickly directed to people in need,” they added. Tsai should welcome all efforts from the private sector to overcome political obstacles to secure vaccines, which should not include those produced in China, it said. People who are inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines should be covered by the nation’s vaccine injury compensation system, regardless of whether they received vaccines purchased by the government or the private sector, it added.

Source: Taipei Times May 31, 2021 15:56 UTC