Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Control Command (CECC) announced that effective January 1, 2021, foreign visitors are not allowed to enter Taiwan. The entry restrictions do not apply to foreign residents of Taiwan holding an Alien Resident Certificate, diplomats and foreign officials, travelers fulfilling business obligations, humanitarian travel, and foreign spouse and underage children of Taiwanese citizens. International transit through Taiwan will be suspended. All travelers still need to present a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test report issued within three days of boarding and undergo quarantine for 14 days after arrival.
The tightening of entry restrictions and quarantine measures come as Taiwan confirmed its first locally transmitted COVID-19 case after going 253 days without and the discovery of mutated and more contagious coronavirus in the United Kingdom. An EVA Airways pilot whose employment has since been terminated failed to follow quarantine measures and transmitted the virus to a close contact on December 22.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Taiwan is 799. Seven people have died from the disease.
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