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Timeline COVID-19
- 81All outbound packaged tours from Taiwan to China were suspended.
- 82Individuals with travel history in Hubei Province, China with no symptoms were subjected to health checks by civil affairs personnel from their local jurisdiction for 14 days after return to Taiwan.
- 83Announcing the entry restrictions for Chinese nationals from entering into Taiwan.
- 84Formulating the measures for inbound tourists and suspected/contact cases in the community.
- 85Asymptomatic individuals with travel history in Hubei Province, China were subjected to home quarantine.
- 86Mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) travel notice elevated to Level 3 (Warning).
- 87Pharmacies 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.
- 88WHO admitted an error in its risk assessment of the novel coronavirus and rasied its risk level to high globally.
- 89Using technology to track the status of people under home quarantine/isolation.
- 90Travelers exiting Taiwan could carry a maximum of 250 face masks per person.
- 91WHO declared the novel coronavirus “a public health emergency of international concern.”
- 92WHO convened the second IHR Emergency Committee on Novel Coronavirus. Director-General Tedros once again praised China for its epidemic prevention measures, and also summarizes recommendations of the committee in seven key areas.
- 93Requisitioned and distributed of all domestically produced medical and surgical-grade face masks (estimated production output at 4 million masks daily) by CECC.
- 94Travelers entering into Taiwan through the “Mini Three Links” without showing symptoms were requested to undergo a 14-day home quarantine starting from Feb 3rd. Asymptomatic travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau were requested to undergo self-health monitoring. Individuals with upper respiratory symptoms needed to undergo a 14-day self-health monitoring regimen, despite testing negative for COVID-19.
- 95Guangdong Province, China listed as a Level 2 Epidemic Area. Chinese nationals residing in Guangdong Province, China were banned from enter into Taiwan.
- 96Postponing the new semester by 2 weeks for all schools up to senior high level.
- 97The Philippines reported the first COVID-19 death outside of China.
- 98India banned on mask exports.
- 99Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province, China, listed as a Level 2 Epidemic Area. Travelers with travel histories in Wenzhou were required to undergo home quarantine. Chinese nationals residing in Wenzhou banned from entering into Taiwan.
- 100Universities and colleges postponed the new semester until Feb 25th.
