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Timeline COVID-19
- 141Travel Notice Alerts raised to level 3 (Warning) for all countries.
- 142Retrospectively monitor for all travelers entering Taiwan from USA and Southeast Asia from March 8th to March 18th who have been to medical facilities. These individuals were informed to undergo home quarantine and test for potential virus infections.
- 143Tax-free shops in 5 airports to sell masks to inbound travelers. Only one unit allowed to be purchased. (3 adult masks per unit or 5 kids masks per unit).
- 144Accepted compensation applications for individuals under quarantine/isolation.
- 145The Tokyo Olympics will be postponed from 2020 to 2021.
- 146From March 24th to April 7th, all transit flights through Taiwan were suspended.
- 147All events with gatherings above 100 people indoors and 500 people outdoors were advised to be cancelled or postponed.
- 148Restriction of all inbound travelers who need to undergo home quarantine from taking public transport such as domestic flights or ferries. Residents of offshore islands are required to quarantine on Taiwan Island.
- 149Announcement of Guidelines on Social Distancing” (1.5 meters when indoors; 1 meter when outdoors).
- 150Amended the definition of COVID-19 case symptoms, and expanded community surveillance.
- 151In early dawn, Taiwan CDC learned from online sources that there had been at least 7 cases of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China. At 8am, Taiwan CDC contacted the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm about the latest epidemic situation. Taiwan CDC also sent an email to the IHR focal point under the WHO, informing WHO of its understanding of the disease and requesting further information.
- 152In response to severe global COVID-19 situation, travelers arriving on long-haul flights to be required to be tested upon arrival and be transported to hospital if they test positive starting Jan. 11
- 153Government-funded regular rapid testing measures in residential, community care institutions extended until September 30
- 154Function of uploading random code through Contact Tracing Self-Reporting System for Confirmed Cases added to Taiwan Social Distancing App
- 155Fifth round of name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits to begin on September 1; people can purchase test kits with their NHI cards
- 156CECC 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
- 157Eighth 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
- 158500,000 doses of AZ vaccine provided by Japan to arrive in Taiwan this afternoon
- 159160,000 doses of AZ vaccine provided by Slovakian government arrived in Taiwan on morning of September 26
- 160Starting March 1, arrivals and close contacts of confirmed cases no longer receive free COVID-19 at-home rapid tests
