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Taiwan to launch '0+7' policy for students in close contact with COVID cases

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Education (MOE) on Thursday (Oct. 6) announced that, starting on Oct. 13, students who live in a residence with someone diagnosed with COVID will no longer...

CECC expert says Taiwan '3+4' quarantine should be lifted

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) expert on Thursday (Sept. 8) expressed his opinion that the "3 + 4" quarantine protocol can be lifted because the daily ...

Taiwan relaxes self-health monitoring rule

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan will on Thursday (Sept. 1) begin to allow inbound passengers to spend their self-health monitoring period in their homes or a residence with others as long as they ...

Taiwan to ease 4-day self-monitoring rule on Sept. 1

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday announced that it will allow arriving passengers to spend their four days of self-health monitoring in their homes und...

Omicron BA.5 risk too high to start Taiwan's '0 + 7' plan

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (July 5) said that as outbreaks of the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 heat up around the world, the ri...

Taiwan prolongs 25,000 weekly passenger quota indefinitely

I’m TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Despite steadily decreasing COVID case counts, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (July 4) announced that its 25,000 per week cap on p...

Video explains Taiwan's new '3+4' quarantine rules

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Beginning June 15, all travelers will only have to spend three days in quarantine and undergo four days of self-initiated epidemic prevention, the government announced on ...

Taiwan '3+4' quarantine Q&A

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Starting on Wednesday (June 15), Taiwan's new "3+4" quarantine scheme begins, shortening the mandatory quarantine for inbound passengers from seven days to o...

Taiwan quarantine hotel guests can go home on 4th day if conditions met

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Tuesday (June 14) stated that some arriving passengers who stay in epidemic prevention hotels can spend the four day...

'Same location' rule for new quarantine 'another idiotic policy': Taipei mayor

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) on Monday (June 13) criticized a new rule requiring arriving passengers undergoing the new "3+4" quarantine scheme to stay in the &q...

Taiwan imposes quota of 25,000 inbound passengers per week

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Under Taiwan's new "3+4" quarantine scheme, only 25,000 passengers will be allowed to enter the country per week. On Saturday (June 11), Central Epidemic ...

Taiwan shortens COVID quarantine to 3 days for all arrivals

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — All travelers arriving in Taiwan will only have to spend three days in quarantine and four days of self-health monitoring beginning June 15, the government announced Satur...

Time not yet ripe for end to Taiwan traveler quarantine: CECC head

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The head of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Wednesday (June 8) said the country is not yet ready to completely eliminate quarantine for arriving passengers. ...

Taiwan ends quarantine for COVID contacts with 3 jabs

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (May 16) announced that it will end the quarantine requirement for close contacts of COVID cases who have received a t...

Taiwan's new quarantine guidelines for COVID cases, travelers, and contacts

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Monday (May 9) issued new quarantine guidelines for COVID cases, travelers arriving from overseas, and contacts of COVID case...