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Timeline COVID-19
- 641CECC announces plans to relax indoor mask rules; eased rules scheduled to take effect on Feb. 20 if pandemic situation remains stable
- 642Starting Jan. 12, strengthened quarantine measures applicable to arrivals from areas under Level 3 travel notice to be implemented for arrivals from South Africa and nine other countries
- 6431.4615 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Taiwan on afternoon of January 13
- 644Hospitals in Taipei City, New Taipei City, and Taoyuan City to allow visitation again and follow current regulations starting February 10, 2021
- 645Rules on transportation to be eased for individuals under COVID-19 home care, home isolation, or home quarantine
- 646Wuhan, China reopened at 12am.
- 647Cooperated with HTC (HTC DeepQ) and LINE, the chatbot “Disease Containment Expert Line BOT” went online.
- 648All HSR stations, Train stations, Post office, airports, ports, highway rest areas, and bus transfer stations were requested to moniter body temperature. Individuals suffering from fevers were not allowed to enter nor take public transportation.
- 649Formulated the "COVID-19 response guidelines": Legal accommodation providers were encouraged to join the "Relief and Epidemic Prevention Accommodation Program" with a subsidy of NT$ 1,000 per room per day eligible for epidemic prevention hotels.
- 650Holding a press conference to provide COVID-19 updates, initiating border control according to standard operating procedures, and onboard inspections for direct flights from Wuhan.
- 651WHO picked up a media statement on cases of 'viral pneumonia' in Wuhan from the website of Chinese authorities.
- 652China reported to WHO on a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases with no deaths.
- 653Formalized the definition of coronavirus cases and reporting & handling procedures. All medical institutions are requested to strengthen infection control measures and enhance diagnosis capabilities on new and emerging infectious diseases.
- 654WHO published the first disease outbreak news on the new virus, which describes WHO's initial reply, advice, and risk assessment.
- 655Starting July 1, right of live-in foreign workers to change employers to be restored; employers should arrange PCR testing for newly-employed live-in foreign workers on first day of employment
- 656CECC extends nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert to July 12 and asks for public's understanding over its decision and joint efforts to fight against COVID-19
- 657CECC announces guidelines for contact-information-based measures for COVID-19 to protect personal data and facilitate outbreak investigations.
- 658A WHO-convened Global Study of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 was published
- 659Effective from July 1, second booster eligibility to be expanded to airport/port workers, home quarantine workers, airline crews, and workers in care institutions and social welfare system
- 660Starting June 1, local health centers to stop selling face masks on Saturdays
