The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced on July 1 that beginning on July 2 (time of arrival in Taiwan), it has tightened health monitoring measures for individuals entering Taiwan by airport/port. Below are the details: –
- Arriving travellers who have visited key high-risk countries in the past 14 days, after they enter Taiwan via airport or port, will be required to quarantine in group quarantine facilities for 14 days, with accommodation fees paid by the government, and undergo PCR tests for COVID-19 upon checking in at group quarantine facilities and at the end of their quarantine period. Furthermore, such travellers will be required to take a rapid home test between the 10th day and 12th day of their quarantine period.
- Arriving travellers who have not visited key high-risk countries in the past 14 days will be required to take a deep-throat saliva test and a PCR test upon arrival at an airport or a port in Taiwan and to take a quarantine vehicle to a quarantine hotel or a group quarantine facility where they plan to complete quarantine at their own expense for the 14-day quarantine after taking the tests; such travellers shall also undergo a PCR test before the end of their quarantine (between the 12th and 14th day of the quarantine period) and take a rapid home test between the 10th day and 12th day of their quarantine period.
- All arriving travellers testing positive for COVID-19 will be subjected to genome sequencing.
Information on the restrictions of entering Taiwan for Taiwan Nationals and Foreign Nationals:
https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/66293/restrictions-of-entering-taiwan-1.pdf
Source:
https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/Detail/FEq_1cKkRDoHZTPRTAGgDQ?typeid=158
