Taiwan s government is under pressure to accept vaccines from China. - AAP
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A surge in domestic COVID-19 cases in Taiwan after months of relative safety is intensifying pressure on the government to accept vaccines from China, as the island has vaccinated just 1 per cent of the population with no immediate sign of new shots arriving.
The Chinese-claimed island and Beijing have repeatedly sparred over the pandemic since it began.
Taipei accuses Beijing of spreading fake news and preventing its full participation at the World Health Organisation, while Beijing says Taipei is playing political games with its people s lives by refusing Chinese vaccines.
COVID-19: CECC revokes Kinmen testing order, fake news spreads
By Lee I-chia and Jason Pan / Staff reporters
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday revoked an order by the Kinmen County Government demanding that all visitors arriving by plane had to provide a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for COVID-19 within three days of their flight, or take a rapid antigen test upon arrival at the airport.
The center issued a news release at midnight yesterday, stating that it had revoked a proclamation issued by the Kinmen County Government on Sunday ordering “all aircraft passengers arriving at Kinmen to cooperate with its contact information registration and take a rapid COVID-19 test, starting from May 24.”
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Negative test report required for travelers flying to Kinmen
05/23/2021 09:15 PM
Kinsmen Airport. CNA file photo
Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Kinmen County government on Sunday announced that it will require travelers arriving by air to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test result from no more than three days before their flight, as Taiwan proper is currently experiencing a surge in domestically transmitted infections.
The new measure will come into effective on Monday, and those unable to produce the required document will have to take a rapid test at Kinmen airport, the county s Public Health Bureau said in a statement.
If a test comes back positive, the passengers will immediately be taken by ambulance to Kinmen Hospital, the bureau said, noting that the new measure was introduced to shield the outlying county from the possible spread of the virus.