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Timeline COVID-19
- 41Starting today, PCR testing to be replaced by rapid testing at end of home isolation and quarantine periods
- 42Effective from June 15, CECC to adjust quarantine and disease prevention and control measures for domestic airline crew members to adopt principle of replacing quarantine with testing
- 43Wuhan City was listed as a Level 1 (Watch) Travel Notice destination by Taiwan CDC.
- 44All outbound packaged tours from Taiwan to China were suspended.
- 45Announcing the entry restrictions for Chinese nationals from entering into Taiwan.
- 46Pharmacies and licensed medical distributors were permitted to retail sale of face masks (limited to 3 pieces per person, 8 TWD/piece). Each store belonging to the four major convenience store chains received 500 pieces of surgical masks for sale everyday.
- 47WHO admitted an error in its risk assessment of the novel coronavirus and rasied its risk level to high globally.
- 48Using technology to track the status of people under home quarantine/isolation.
- 49Fourth round of name-based distribution system for at-home COVID-19 rapid tests and third round of free rapid test distribution program for children six or under to begin on August 15; people can purchase/collect test kits with their NHI cards
- 50Effective from September 1, 3+4 quarantine policy to remain in place for arrivals; one person per room rule to be adopted during four days of self-initiated epidemic prevention
- 51CECC 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
- 52Effective from today, visitation and overnight visitation management measures for residential long-term care facilities nationwide to be adjusted
- 53In response to COVID-19 situation in Taiwan, CECC adjusts priority list of government-funded vaccination program
- 54Mask export ban extended to the end of April.
- 55Amendment of the definition and reporting procedures for suspected cases of “Severe Pneumonia with Novel Pathogens”
- 56Wuhan City was raised to a Level 3 (Warning) Travel Notice destination.Premier Tseng-Chang Su and Minister of Health and Welfare Shih-Chung Chen visited Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to inspect border quarantine control measures in response to the epidemic.
- 57WHO experts conducted a brief field visit to China.
- 58Officials confirmed the first case of 2019-nCoV in the United States, which was the first case outside of Asia.
- 59Over 2 million face masks were released to the four major convenience store chains, pharmacies, and distribution channels over two consecutive days, with spot checks on prices.
- 60All outbound packaged travel tours from Taiwan to Wuhan were suspended.
