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Timeline COVID-19
- 141Days when rapid testing is required for people under self-health management after 10-day home quarantine/isolation to be changed starting today to strengthen health monitoring measures
- 142Testing upon arrival to be expanded to include travelers arriving on flights from Korea starting March 22; travelers testing positive will be transported to hospital or government quarantine facility/enhanced quarantine hotel
- 143Starting today, travelers arriving from Vietnam on flights with high positivity rate from arrival testing to be required to provide result of rapid antigen test taken within 6 hours before boarding
- 144Starting April 18, arrivals on flights from US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia to take saliva test at the airport as COVID-19 pandemic slows down in these four countries; arrivals urged to abide by new rules
- 145Beginning May 9, mandatory quarantine for arrivals to be shortened to 7 days; 7-day self-health management remain required for arrivals starting 8th day
- 146Effective from June 1, testing upon landing to end at international airports; all arriving passengers to be required to undergo saliva tests at airports
- 147Starting June 15, Taiwan to gradually ease border controls, shorten quarantine period, and control number of arrivals
- 148Effective 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
- 149Effective 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
- 150Effective immediately, weekly cap of arrivals increased to 40,000; starting July 14, R.O.C. nationals, ARC holders, transit passengers to be exempt from providing PCR test results within two days of their flight
- 151Effective from July 22, eligibility for second COVID-19 booster dose expanded to individuals aged 18 and older who need to travel abroad for work
- 152Taiwan to allow foreign nationals to apply to enter Taiwan for volunteering, religious proselytization, studying religious doctrines, internships, international exchanges, and working holidays (youth exchanges)
- 153Effective from August 15, Taiwan to remove requirement that inbound passengers should provide COVID-19 PCR test result within two days of flight schedule time
- 154Effective from September 1, 3+4 quarantine policy to remain in place for arrivals; one person per room rule to be adopted during four days of self-initiated epidemic prevention
- 155Effective immediately, weekly cap of arrivals increased to 50,000 people
- 156Effective September 12, Taiwan to reinstate visa-exempt entry for nationals of US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, countries in Europe, and diplomatic allies
- 157Effective September 29, Taiwan to maintain "3+4" quarantine policy for arrivals, adopt one person per room principle for quarantine, end arrival saliva testing, and adjust rapid testing rules for arrivals under quarantine
- 158With steady easing of border measures, Taiwan to end quarantine and adopt 7-day self-initiated prevention policy for arrivals on October 13
- 159CECC lowers COVID-19 travel notice for all countries/regions to Level 2: Alert, effective October 13, 2022; travelers should practice enhanced precautions
- 160Starting October 19, individuals who got vaccinated with Medigen vaccine and need to travel abroad can receive doses of other COVID-19 vaccines with EUA in Taiwan
