TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Passengers arriving from South Korea will face mandatory on-arrival testing for COVID-19 beginning March 22, the Central Epidemic Command Center said Saturday (March 19).

The measure had been considered earlier, but the announcement came as Taiwan confirmed a single-day record of 120 imported COVID cases Saturday. While only two came from South Korea, that country nevertheless has the highest daily number of new infections in the world, CNA reported.

Any passengers arriving from South Korea will face immediate testing, and if their test result is positive, they will be transferred to a hospital, centralized quarantine facility, or quarantine hotel with tighter restrictions, said CECC Spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥).

In the case of a negative test result, passengers will be allowed to undergo home quarantine if isolating is possible or to book a quarantine hotel room for a 10-day period that includes further tests.

Similar requirements already exist for arrivals from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Southeast Asia, Chuang said.

South Korea reported more than 600,000 new COVID infections Thursday (March 17). It announced more than 400,000 the following day as well as more than 11,000 deaths, according to the Korea Herald.