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Timeline COVID-19
- 681Effective November 14, Taiwan to cancel COVID-19 booster shot (three-shot) requirement for staff at venues where people have contact with unknown persons or cannot maintain social distancing
- 682Effective November 14, CECC to adopt "5+n" days of isolation/self-health management policy for non-severe cases receiving home care
- 683CECC eases rules for how often rapid tests are performed in residential, community care institutions; regular rapid testing measures at these institutions extended until December 31
- 684Second batch of 613,000 doses of Moderna BA.4/5 bivalent COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Taiwan on morning of November 24
- 685Third batch of 796,000 doses of Moderna BA.4/5 bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Taiwan on evening of November 30
- 686Effective December 1, weekly cap of arrivals to be increased to 200,000
- 687Eighth round of name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits, sixth round of free rapid test program for children six and under, and fourth round of free rapid test program for elderly people 65 and older to begin on December 1; people can purchase/collect test kits with their NHI cards
- 688Taiwan to ease current mask mandate and related epidemic prevention measures starting December 1
- 689Moderna's BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccine available to children aged 6-11 as booster on December 2; children between ages of 5 and 6 can get Pfizer-BioNTech monovalent vaccine as booster
- 690Visiting patients in hospitals across Taiwan conditionally allowed starting December 10
- 691Effective December 10, Taiwan to remove weekly cap of arrivals
- 692CECC to ease testing measures for visitors in hospitals on December 10
- 693Commander Wang Pi-Sheng visited Kinmen to inspect local epidemic prevention operations and medical service capacity
- 694Regular rapid testing measures at residential and community care institutions extended until Jan. 31, 2023
- 695Executive Yuan President Su Tseng-chang finalized the implementation of the " Kinmen and Matsu Region People's Spring Festival Transportation Project" two weeks before and after the Chinese New Year next year to provide maximum assistance and convenience for the villagers to return home.
- 696In response to continued spread of COVID-19 variants worldwide and rising domestic cases, CECC urges people who haven't received Moderna's BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccine to get vaccinated to boost protection
- 697Starting January 1, 2023, non-R.O.C. nationals without NHI cards who are diagnosed with COVID-19 in Taiwan to pay their medical costs during their isolation period
- 698In response to rising COVID-19 cases in China, effective Jan. 1, 2023, testing measures for travelers from China to be strengthened; such travelers should undergo 7-day period of self-initiated prevention and take rapid tests after entry
- 699Effective January 6, travelers arriving on flights originating from China and transiting through Hong Kong or Macao must provide COVID-19 test results
- 700Effective from Jan. 9-31, regular rapid testing measures at residential and community care institutions adjusted
