Timeline COVID-19
- 541Public can use COVID-19 vaccine map to obtain information on nearby contracted healthcare facility and vaccines available
- 542CECC adjusts recommendations for responding to healthcare worker shortage to give guidance for healthcare facilities
- 543Days when rapid testing is required for people under self-health management after 10-day home quarantine/isolation to be changed starting today to strengthen health monitoring measures
- 544CECC explains responsive measures that can be taken by people testing positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts
- 545Testing upon arrival to be expanded to include travelers arriving on flights from Korea starting March 22; travelers testing positive will be transported to hospital or government quarantine facility/enhanced quarantine hotel
- 546COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues; expired vaccines to be disposed of in accordance with procedure
- 547COVID-19 Vaccination Reservation system to be open from March 23-25 for eligible individuals to schedule booster dose appointment; Reservation service on the system to be discontinued from April 1
- 548Taiwan's Digital COVID-19 Certificate system to provide new features
- 549Offering of health educational materials worth NT$200 or below to individuals aged 18 or older receiving their first dose or second dose of COVID-19 vaccine remains effective until March 31; eligible individuals encouraged to get vaccinated as soon as possible
- 550From April 1 to April 30, mask mandate and current epidemic prevention measures to remain in place, and epidemic prevention rules for specific entertainment venues to be tightened
- 551CECC increases distribution points of government-funded COVID-19 home test kits and releases information on community testing facilities to enhance community surveillance; individuals needing test kits or tests can visit such locations to obtain services
- 552Verification program of Digital COVID-19 Certificate system updated to cooperate with epidemic prevention regulations and provide new services
- 553Pooled testing adopted to effectively control risks, increase community PCR testing capacity and quickly break chain of transmission
- 554CECC revises criteria for releasing COVID-19 cases with mild or no symptoms from isolation to preserve for isolation care capacity
- 555CECC to relax home isolation rules starting today and make rolling adjustments based on pandemic situation
- 556Starting today, travelers arriving from Vietnam on flights with high positivity rate from arrival testing to be required to provide result of rapid antigen test taken within 6 hours before boarding
- 557CECC announces Guidelines for Home Care Management of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and urges the public to comply with related guidance
- 558CECC extends effective period of offering health educational materials worth NT$500 or below to people 65 or older (including indigenous people aged 55-64) when they get vaccinated against COVID-19 until May 31
- 559CECC procures 700,000 courses of oral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid; 350,000 courses of Paxlovid to arrive before second quarter
- 560Optimized Taiwan Social Distancing App available for download; public encouraged to download this app to take self-initiated preventive measures