Long Queue Waiting to Buy Rapid Test Kits on the 2nd Day 快篩實名制2日健保系統穩定 搶買潮依舊

Numerous pharmacies said their stocks of rapid test kits were sold out in ten minutes on the second day of the real-name purchase rationing system. They worry that they will have nothing to sell over the upcoming holiday weekend. 

There was a long queue waiting outside of the community pharmacy before nine o'clock in the morning. People with odd numbers as the last digit on their ID cards can buy quick screening tests.

Ms. Huang, Citizen: “Be prepared. Just in case I develop a cough I can screen it.”

Mr. Lin, Citizen: “I happened to be free today, so I just came to line up. If I happen to get one after lining up, then I'll buy it.”

Unexpectedly, seventy-eight quick screening tests were sold out in just 10 minutes.

Mr. Chou, Citizen: “There should be 12 pharmacies here. But I went to see and some were not open. Some don't open until 1 p.m. So I can only wait until 1 p.m. and come back in line.”

This is the second day since the real-name-based rapid test rationing system launched. Purchases are divided according to the last digit of the ID card. Odd numbers can purchase on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Even numbers can purchase on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Anyone can purchase them on Sundays. Each health insurance card can only purchase one set, which comes with five quick screening tests. The price is NT$500. Every citizen with one NHI card only can buy the kits once. Some pharmacists are worried that the quick screening tests are not like masks, which were replenished with stock every day. Office workers who can only buy them on the weekends may not be able to find any for sale.

Huang Yen-ju, Spokesperson, Federation of Taiwan Pharmacists Associations: “The number of quick screening tests is basically not enough to sell. But we are faced with no available tests for the sale starting tomorrow. The CECC's original plan was no new deliveries on Sundays.”

The Federation of Taiwan Pharmacists Associations said that more than 2,700 pharmacies have reported that there are no tests available for sale on the weekend of the 30th. The central government pointed out that it has prepared 50 million rapid screening tests, to serve an equivalent of 10 million people. However, epidemic hotspots such as Taipei and New Taipei did not see an increase in quick screening tests. The Federation called on the central government to adjust the number of tests distributed. 

上午不到九點，社區藥局門口就大排長龍，民眾只要身分證字號、尾數單號，就可憑健保卡購買快篩試劑。

民眾黃女士說：「預備喔，怕萬一咳嗽怎樣啊，篩一下。」

民眾林先生表示：「今天剛好有空，所以就是來排排看，想說僥倖，如果有排到有買到，那就買到了。」

沒想到才開賣10分鐘，藥局配送的78人份快篩劑、就已經全部賣光光。

民眾周先生提到：「這邊應該有12家藥局，但是我去看了，有些沒開，有些是要到下午1點鐘才開，所以說我只能等，再等到下午1點鐘再來排。

家用快篩實名制上路第二天，也是依照身分證字號尾數做分流購買，單號一、三、五，雙號二、四、六，週日則開放全民皆可購買，每張健保卡只能買一份、共5支快篩劑，售價500元、且不能重複購買。有藥師擔憂，快篩試劑不像口罩實名制，會天天進貨，週末週日才有休假的上班族，恐怕會沒有快篩劑可買。

藥師公會全聯會發言人黃彥儒表示：「快篩的數量基本上是都不夠賣的，但是面臨到的就是，明天就已經沒有貨可以賣，那在指揮中心原來的規劃，週日本來就沒有增加新的配送量。」

藥師公會表示，已有2700多家藥局反映、30日週末無貨可賣，雖然中央指出有準備5千萬劑、等同1千萬人份的快篩試劑，但是疫情熱區的雙北、卻沒有增加快篩劑數量，呼籲中央調整鋪貨數量；而根據健保署統計，到上午11點為止，全台快篩試劑已賣出24萬9千多劑。