Taiwan to lift entry ban on non-resident foreigners on Mar. 1

Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Feb. 24 announced that it would lift its ban on the entry of non-resident foreigners and allow international travelers to transit through the airport starting Mar. 1, Report informs, referring to the Taiwan News.

In response to Taiwan’s first imported case of the new UK mutant coronavirus strain that emerged in December 2020, the CECC that month announced that it would ban foreign visitors, with a few exceptions, as well as transit passengers, starting on Jan. 1 of this year.

Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-Chung officially announced that starting on Mar. 1, non-resident foreigners will be allowed to enter Taiwan, with the notable exception of tourists and persons on ‘social visits,’ and international air travelers will be allowed to transit through Taoyuan International Airport.

The CECC emphasized that to ensure continued epidemic prevention, all prospective visitors must provide a negative COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) report in English within three days before boarding a flight to Taiwan. Once they arrive in Taiwan, foreign visitors must still undergo 14 days of quarantine and make arrangements in advance to stay in officially approved quarantine accommodations.

Those who chose to undergo quarantine at home must abide by the principle of one person per residence.