All travelers to Taiwan to receive six COVID tests
ROC Central News Agency
12/16/2021 09:57 PM
Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) Travelers to Taiwan are now required to have six COVID-19 tests in the first 22 days of their arrival, as part of new disease prevention measures adopted in response to a cluster infection at a quarantine hotel in Taoyuan, authorities said Thursday.
The requirement applies to all arrivals between Dec. 14 and Feb. 14, regardless of their vaccination status or choice of quarantine plans, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
Under the previous regulations, travelers to Taiwan were required to take only three or four COVID-19 tests after entering the country, but that has changed as a cluster infection of four cases has broken out at a quarantine hotel in Taoyuan, in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holidays, the CECC said.
Over the next two months, therefore, travelers who are quarantining for the full 14 days at a hotel will receive a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on the first and last day, as well as four rapid tests spread over their first 22 days in Taiwan, the CECC said.
Travelers who opt for the "10+4" or "7+7" quarantine plan, which allows them to spend the first 10 or seven days at a hotel or government facility and complete their quarantine at home, will be required to have three PCR tests -- upon entry, on their last day at the quarantine hotel, and on one of the last two days of the 14-day quarantine period, the CECC said.
They also have to take three rapid tests during their first 22 days in Taiwan, the CECC said, adding that the government will cover the cost of all the tests.
Under the "7+7" plan, meanwhile, all members of the household in which the traveler is quarantining for the last seven days will be required to take two self-paid rapid COVID-19 tests, the CECC said.
(By Chiang Yi-ching)
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