Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) Short-term business travelers from countries deemed to be at low or low-to-moderate risk of COVID-19 will be able to apply for shorter quarantine periods again from March 1, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.
Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) People who attend large gatherings in Taiwan will continue to be required to wear masks and forbidden from eating or drinking anything other than water, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said on Wednesday.
Taipei, Feb. 24 (CNA) Taiwan reported four new imported cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, three from the United States and one from Malaysia, bringing the total number to 946 since the epidemic began, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday announced an easing of restrictions that would from Monday next week allow foreigners to visit or make a transit flight in Taiwan.
A policy allowing short-term business travelers from countries with low or medium risks of COVID-19 infections to apply for shorter quarantine periods is also to resume that day.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that while the autumn-winter COVID-19 prevention program is to be extended after the end of this month, special conditions for foreign nationals to enter Taiwan would be restored from Monday.
Foreign nationals
2021/02/24 15:00 (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (Feb. 24) announced that it will lift its ban on the entry of non-resident foreigners and allow international travelers to transit through the airport starting March 1. In response to Taiwan s first imported case of the U.K. mutant coronavirus strain that emerged in December 2020, the CECC that month announced that it would ban foreign visitors, with a few exceptions, as well as transit passengers, starting Jan. 1. After Taiwan was able to contain a hospital cluster infection in Taoyuan, the CECC on Sunday (Feb. 21) indicated that because the fall and winter epidemic prevention scheme is slated to end Feb. 28, the restrictions on foreign visitors would likely be eased in March.