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Timeline COVID-19
- 601To protect health of care recipients and staff in care institutions and disadvantaged groups, free rapid antigen test kits will be given to such institutions and individuals
- 602Second batch of 331,200 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children purchased by CECC arrives in Taiwan on morning of May 30
- 603CECC revises criteria for releasing COVID-19 patients with moderate and severe symptoms from isolation to preserve isolation care capacity
- 604CECC to help local governments set up six main vaccination stations for children aged 5-11 on June 1
- 605To ensure health of children aged 0-6, children in age group can get five free at-home rapid antigen test kits
- 606Effective from June 1, testing upon landing to end at international airports; all arriving passengers to be required to undergo saliva tests at airports
- 607Second round of name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits to begin on June 6; people can purchase test kits with their NHI cards
- 608To ensure health of children, effective from June 6, free rapid test kits program for children aged six and younger to be expanded to include preschoolers born on or after September 2, 2015
- 609CECC adjusts criteria for exemption from testing listed in COVID-19 Response Measures for Hospitals
- 610ACIP experts recommend an interval of 4-8 weeks between two doses of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 and advise healthcare personnel to receive second booster after assessing their own risks and willingness
- 611Starting June 13, restrictions regarding ID numbers ending in odd or even numbers under name-based rapid test distribution system to be lifted
- 612Starting June 15, Taiwan to gradually ease border controls, shorten quarantine period, and control number of arrivals
- 613Effective 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
- 614Taiwan CDC provides details about "SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiologic survey and long-term trend analysis project"
- 615Third batch of 504,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children purchased by CECC arrives in Taiwan on morning of June 20
- 616Effective from June 21, definition of confirmed case revised to include individuals who test positive with SARS-CoV-2 at-home PCR test kit approved by Taiwan's FDA and have their results confirmed by doctors
- 617As COVID-19 pandemic subsides in northern Taiwan, percentages of dedicated hospital beds in Taipei and other northern cities and counties adjusted
- 618CECC adjusts visitation and screening measures for inpatients, visitors, and individuals accompanying inpatients at hospitals as pandemic slows down in Taiwan
- 619Effective from today, visitation and overnight visitation management measures for residential long-term care facilities nationwide to be adjusted
- 620CECC extends incentive program that allows local governments to offer health educational materials worth NT$500 or below and two rapid test kits to people 65 or older (including indigenous people aged 55-64) when they get vaccinated against COVID-19 until July 31
