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江主席：離解封越遠，第一線醫護人越辛苦

中國國民黨持續「防疫我＋1」關懷醫護人員的活動，黨主席江啟臣今(9)日上午分別前往新竹新仁醫院、大安醫院與馬偕醫院等，致贈防疫物資予第一線防疫人員。江主席表示，延續國民黨過去兩個月以來，「防疫我＋1」的醫療物資捐贈活動，我們希望能當第一線醫護人員的後盾與後援；他表示，指揮中心發佈三級警戒繼續到7月26日，雖然有微解封，但還是無法讓大家恢復正常生活，也代表基層醫護人需要繼續辛苦，若解封的日子越遠，最辛苦的還是醫護人員。我們希望結合社會力量，共同協助醫護人員一起防疫！

江主席表示，根據經濟學人報告，台灣恢復正常生活指數是全世界倒數第二。國民黨一直要求，疫苗要買足、買夠，才能達到全體免疫覆蓋率，也才能有信心的解封，目前微解封狀況，代表中央政府對於解封是沒有信心的，人民要恢復正常生活似乎遙遙無期。若離解封的日子越遠，第一線醫護人員就越辛苦，需要大家共同支持他們的力量。

媒體聯訪時，有關美方撤下含我國國旗的推特文，江主席表示，外交部與駐美單位應該設法溝通與釐清，必須了解美國這動作背後的思考為何？這動作雖然只是網站上的刪文動作，但背後有無其他的國家立場考量？是否象徵美中台三方關係的可能變化？外交部與駐美單位應該第一時間做好掌握與溝通，並表達我們國家的立場。

針對微解封後許多民眾對其標準感到混亂一事，江主席指出，昨天指揮中心發佈仍然維持三級警戒，但有所謂微解封的指引，卻讓民眾眼花撩亂、無所適從。這是繼疫苗之亂、紓困之亂後的微解封之亂，指揮中心應該要有清楚標準，且哪些標準是中央訂定？那些是地方訂定？應該權責劃分，不要最後又甩鍋地方，這也是現在很多縣市所擔心的，這也顯示在微解封或解封上，中央政府是沒有信心的，所以無法為解封做好準備。

江主席表示，我們現在疫苗不足，覆蓋率遠遠落後，這是事實與現實，指揮中心應該趕快解決這些問題，不是用混亂不清的模糊指引帶過，恐讓人民更加無所適從，若沒有將規範與規定統一且一致時，大家很難依循，也會衍生出擔心被裁罰的問題。他呼籲中央政府應有清楚的指引，與地方做好溝通、分工，不要最後又變成甩鍋。

至於前新北市長朱立倫投書外媒稱台灣有能力壯大美國疫苗兵工廠，江主席表示，很多國家已將疫苗列為戰略物資，以台灣醫療、生物科技的水準，絕對有能力發展國產疫苗，但政府也應該積極找尋與其他國家合作的機會，包括韓國、泰國、日本、新加坡等都在疫苗的國際合作上有多元方式，如代工、分裝、技術合作研發、投資等。他強調，開發疫苗是產業，也是國家重要戰略物資，政府應該有更高層次思考來看待疫苗議題，但台灣現階段最重要是先有足夠、安全、有效的疫苗讓國人使用。

有關台北市長柯文哲近期的發言，江主席表示，柯市長與中央之間的口水戰看起來很精采，但防疫是堅持、聲量只是一時，最終人民還是會檢視也會感受到誰在防疫上做得最積極、徹底與負責任的，他相信國民黨十四個縣市首長的表現絕對不會輸給台北市，我們縣市首長的防疫工作扎實，是科學防疫、專業防疫，而不是用政治防疫，也不是用口水防疫。

Chairman Chiang: Frontline medical staff will suffer more when we lift more lockdown measures

The Kuomintang (KMT) is continuing its initiative to care for medical workers. KMT Chairman Chiang donated medical resources to frontline medical staff in hospitals across Taiwan on July 9th. He has pointed out that according to The Economist’s report, Taiwan’s “Global Normalcy Index” is the second lowest in the world. The KMT has always demanded that a sufficient quantity of vaccines be purchased in order to reach an adequate immunization coverage rate. The current slight easing of lockdowns implies that the central government has no confidence to completely lift all the lockdown measures. The public wants to return to a normal life, but it seems this is not going to happen any time soon. Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control extended the level three lockdown until July 26. This shows that all medical staff will need to continue to work hard to handle the heavy workload. We hope to combine support from everywhere to help medical staff to fight the pandemic together!

Regarding the fact that many people were confused about specific standards after the slight lifting of the lockdown measures, Chairman Chiang has pointed out that the instructions that the Centers for Disease Control issued on July  th still implies that we are mostly maintaining the level three alert, but the so-called guidelines have left the people confused. He called on the central government to set clear guidelines to communicate and delegate responsibilities to local governments in order to maximize efficiency. 

Regarding the US's decision to delete the tweet showing the ROC flag, Chairman Chiang urges the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Washington to try to express and clarify our country's position. We must understand the implications behind this move by the US. Does it symbolize possible changes in the triangular relationship between the United States, Mainland China and Taiwan?

In addition, Chairman Chiang points out that given Taiwan’s current level of medical and biotechnology resources, we are absolutely capable of developing our own vaccines. However, the government should also actively seek opportunities to workwith other countries, such as South Korea, Thailand, Japan, and Singapore through international vaccine cooperation. He emphasizes that the development of vaccines is an important national strategic goal and thus the government should have a higher level of strategic approaches to vaccine related issues. It is imperative that we realize the most important thing for Taiwan at this stage is to have enough safe and effective vaccines for the people.

Regarding Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-che’s (柯文哲) recent remarks, Chairman Chiang points out that the trading of barbs between Mayor Ko and the central government seems to tilt in Ko’s favor, but the people will realize in the end who is really the one combatting the pandemic and fully bearing responsibility. He believes that the performance of the 14 counties and cities led by the KMT will not lose to any other local counterparts in terms of performance. This is because the KMT-led counties and cities have a solid pandemic prevention framework, which is based on science and professionalism rather than politics.

(This is an abridged version of an official KMT Chinese language press release）