COVID-19: Rapid test kit requisitioning has startedDOMESTIC CASE RECORD: The government is to introduce a rationing system that would allow people to buy kits at a cheaper rate by registering with their health cardBy Lee Hsin-fang and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe government has begun to requisition COVID-19 rapid test kits, with an aim to distribute 40 million kits each month to meet public demand, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said yesterday. Rapid test kits for COVID-19 are pictured in an undated photograph. Rapid test kits are available at stores, and those for people in isolation or quarantine, or in high-risk communities would be provided by the government, Chen said. Taiwan yesterday reported 874 new domestic COVID-19 cases, breaking its daily record for the second consecutive day, CECC data showed. Pingtung County reported five cases, Taitung County had four, and Nantou, Changhua and Miaoli counties each recorded three.

Source: Taipei Times April 14, 2022 16:50 UTC