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Timeline COVID-19
- 561Starting today, PCR testing to be replaced by rapid testing at end of home isolation and quarantine periods
- 562Starting April 18, arrivals on flights from US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia to take saliva test at the airport as COVID-19 pandemic slows down in these four countries; arrivals urged to abide by new rules
- 563Principles for admission and treatment of mild and severe COVID-19 cases adjusted effectively from today
- 564Effective from April 22, rules on three COVID-19 doses to be tightened
- 565CECC adjusts testing measures for individuals under home isolation/quarantine to effectively manage mild cases
- 566Rules on transportation to be eased for individuals under COVID-19 home care, home isolation, or home quarantine
- 567ACIP experts recommend use of Moderna vaccine for children aged 6-11, booster dose for adolescents aged 12-17, and second booster dose for certain individuals
- 568CECC explains COVID-19 warning signs in children and criteria for hospital care, adjusts principles for separate admission and treatment of confirmed cases, and lifts restrictions on health conditions of people living with confirmed cases under home care
- 569Starting today, hospitals in Taipei City, New Taipei City, Keelung City, Taoyuan City, Kaohsiung City, and Hualien County to ban visitation with certain exceptions
- 570Effective from today, visitation management measures for residential long-term care facilities nationwide to be adjusted
- 571Over 180,000 courses of oral COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid purchased by CECC arrive in Taiwan
- 572Four batch of 200,400 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine purchased by CECC this year to arrive in Taiwan on evening of April 23
- 573CECC implements key contact tracing starting April 25 and shortens home isolation period with 3+4 plan starting April 26; new isolation rules retroactively apply to people who have been in isolation for over three days and allow them to be released from isolation beginning April 27
- 574Starting today, contact information registration to be removed; from April 27 to May 31, current mask mandate and other epidemic prevention measures to remain in place
- 575Fifth batch of 1.3716 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine purchased by CECC to arrive in Taiwan on afternoon of April 27
- 576Name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 test kits to be launched on April 28 and allow people to purchase test kits with their NHI card; starting May 1, people buying masks through name-based mask distribution system can purchase them at 145 pharmacies nationwide
- 577Effective immediately, number of rapid test kits provided to individuals in home isolation under new "3+4" isolation plan changed; public urged to use them when necessary for efficient use of resources
- 578COVID-19 contact tracing self-reporting system to be launched on May 1 to simplify contact tracing procedures of health departments
- 579CECC plans to set up more community screening sites, epidemic prevention (fever) clinics and encourages basic-level clinics to provide testing to increase testing capacity
- 580Sixth batch of 1.1061 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine purchased by CECC to arrive in Taiwan on afternoon of May 3
