The government of Taiwan has decided to temporarily ban the entry of foreign nationals provisionally who have been to India over the previous 14 days,..|News Track
Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Monday it intends to designate one hotel as the only place to accommodate flight crew members of foreign carriers during layovers to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in the future.
Though the CECC did not explain why the decision was made, it suspects that a recent COVID-19 cluster at an airport hotel resulted from hotel housekeepers catching the virus of a pilot or pilots of foreign carriers when cleaning their rooms after they checked out.
The plan was discussed at a meeting convened by the CECC earlier Monday to improve epidemic control measures involving flight crew members.
COVID-19: Taiwan bans foreign arrivals from India ANI | Updated: May 03, 2021 17:02 IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 3 (ANI): Taiwan has decided to temporarily ban the entry of foreign nationals who have been to India over the previous 14 days, said the Health Ministry on Monday, adding that the restrictions will come into effect from tomorrow.
Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung on Monday announced that the ban will apply to all foreign nationals with an exception to Taiwanese residence permit holders, Taiwan News reported.
Although Taiwanese residents are exempt from the policy, they must undergo 14 days of quarantine at a centralised facility before taking a coronavirus test.
Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center moved (28-Apr-2021)
Laos to its list of medium risk countries from low risk countries, effective immediately. The latest list of the risk categories for countries is as follows:
Low risk:
2021/04/28 15:08 Chen Shih-chung listing locations where case No. 1,112 had recently visited in Taoyuan. (CECC photo) Chen Shih-chung listing locations where case No. 1,112 had recently visited in Taoyuan. (CECC photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (April 28) announced three local and three imported COVID-19 cases. During a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced three local coronavirus cases and three imported infections. Of the local cases, two were contacts of pilots from the China Airlines cargo pilot cluster, and one was a relative of two previously confirmed cases. According to Chen, case No. 1,112 is a Taiwanese man in his 70s who is a relative of case No. 1,106, and case No. 1,068, a Taiwanese woman in her 70s, and a Taiwanese man in his 70s, both of whom had traveled to Canada to visit relative