Is Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, going to run for mayor of Taipei? In an interview with veteran media personality Zhou Yukou, he revealed that he had “informal talks” with President Tsai Ing-wen.But at this stage, “epidemic prevention is the top priority” Photo: Retrieved from the news setting off firecrackers
It has been widely rumored that Chen Shizhong, the commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, will be elected mayor of Taipei. At the press conference on the epidemic, the media asked Chen Shizhong more than once, and his answer was that epidemic prevention is the most important at this stage. When Chen Shizhong was interviewed by senior media person Zhou Yukou in the morning, he finally let go under constant questioning by the host and said that he had “informal talks” with President Tsai Ing-wen. But at this stage, “epidemic prevention is the top priority”
Local confirmed cases continue to hit new highs, breaking 400 for 3 consecutive days. Chen Shizhong also revealed in Zhou Yukou’s program that according to the current trend, the number of confirmed cases in a single day in the country should exceed 1,000 by the end of April, and the high-risk area is North Beiji Tao, he believes that there are more unknown sources of infection in Shuangbei, Taoyuan also has ups and downs, other counties and cities are relatively controllable, and there are relatively few unknown sources of infection. It is believed that this wave of epidemics should stabilize around the end of June.
After hearing this, Zhou Yukou asked Chen Shizhong whether he would run for mayor after the end of June. Chen Shizhong let out his mouth and replied, “I don’t think we have talked about it.” The host asked if the president had formally talked to him. Practice.” Later, Chen Shizhong was asked whether he had talked with DPP Secretary-General Lin Xiyao? He said that he would have a chat when we met, but he had hardly been to the party headquarters. “Everyone also understands my mentality, which is that epidemic prevention is the most important thing.” It’s good to do it.”
Talking about the biggest difficulties encountered in epidemic prevention in the past two years, Chen Shizhong said that it was political slobber. He pointed out that in the first year, he felt some political slobber that was not quite correct, and it became stronger and stronger, but he held on to it no matter what. Be taught with an open mind and check the correctness, “I won’t ignore him completely because it’s like saliva.”