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Timeline COVID-19
- 541CECC announces four main strategies adopted under the expanded community screening program on June 10
- 542Regular rapid testing measures at residential and community care institutions extended until Feb 28, 2023
- 54310th round of name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits to begin on Feb. 1, and people can purchase rapid tests with their NHI cards; children six and under and elderly people 65 and older who are eligible for free rapid tests and haven't collected rapid tests can still get them with their NHI cards before Feb. 28
- 544On May 7, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that it has made adjustments to home isolation measures, which are listed below and effective from May 8.
- 545Taiwan, U.S., Japan, UK and Australia co-organize virtual Global Cooperation and Training Framework Workshop on COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: Experiences and Challenges to share experiences of vaccine rollout and its difficulties
- 546Taiwan receives second batch of 410,400 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX
- 547From June22, short-term business travelers are allowed entry and can apply for shortened home quarantine period
- 548CECC conditionally relaxes visitation management measures for residential long-term care facilities according to risk of community infection in cities and counties
- 549CECC announces guidelines for confirmed cases returning to Taiwan to protect against community transmission of COVID-19
- 550Central and local governments to jointly roll out Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 5 years of age starting July 21
- 551Hospitals and long-term care facilities in Taiwan to suspend visitation from May 11 to June 8 with certain exceptions; only one person can be allowed to accompany one patient or resident
- 55216th batch of 994,500 doses of BNT donated by TSMC, Hon Hai Yonglin, and Tzu Chi arrives in Taiwan on morning of Jan. 21
- 553Nationwide epidemic alert to remain at Level 2 from January 25 to February 7
- 554Starting from November 28, entry of Indonesian migrant workers arranged by two more Indonesian employment agencies is temporarily suspended
- 555Starting on December 4, Taiwan to suspend entry of all Indonesian migrant workers for two weeks
- 556People must wear masks in eight public venues; local governments and competent authority may announce and impose penalties for violators if necessary
- 557Leftover doses from last vial on the day available to individuals on standby lists to ensure efficient use of COVID-19 vaccine
- 558CECC announces supply agreement with Moderna for additional 36 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
- 559COVID-19 contact tracing self-reporting system to be launched on May 1 to simplify contact tracing procedures of health departments
- 560CECC plans to set up more community screening sites, epidemic prevention (fever) clinics and encourages basic-level clinics to provide testing to increase testing capacity
