In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Taiwan authorities ’epidemic prevention command center announced on March 22 that from March 24 to April 7, Taiwan ’s islands“ completely banned passengers from boarding and transferring to Taiwan, and returned from 00:00 on March 24. Those who have not boarded a plane are prohibited from transiting to Taiwan. The implementation period is tentatively scheduled for 2 weeks. ”
Island media “Central News Agency” the afternoon of the 22nd: Taiwan authorities’ commander Chen Shizhong announced at a press conference that the COVID-19 (COVID-19) epidemic has caused a global pandemic and the number of overseas migration cases has continued to rise. Through air transport, from 0:00 am on March 24 (Tuesday), Taipei time to April 7, Taiwan has banned passengers from boarding flights to and from Taiwan to reduce cross-border movement of people and reduce the risk of disease transmission.
Chen Zongyan, deputy commander of the Taiwan authorities ’epidemic prevention command center, said at a press conference that those who have not boarded the aircraft since 00:00 on March 24 are prohibited from transiting to Taiwan and are tentatively scheduled for two weeks.
The command center reminded that returnees must fill in the entry health declaration and home quarantine notice. If you have fever, cough or other symptoms, please inform the quarantine staff and cooperate with related quarantine measures. If you have symptoms within 14 days after returning to Taiwan, you can call The paid epidemic prevention line 1922 or 0800-001922 should wear a mask as soon as possible to seek medical treatment, and you must inform the doctor of your travel history, occupation, contact history, and whether they are clustered and timely diagnosis notification.
The National Health and Medical Commission announced the news on the morning of March 22: a total of 444 confirmed cases were reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: 273 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (100 cases discharged, 4 deaths), 18 cases in Macau Special Administrative Region (10 cases discharged), There were 153 cases in Taiwan (28 cases were discharged and 2 died).
According to the evening news on the 21st in the media in the island, COVID-19 also hit the island’s aviation tourism industry. According to statistics from Taiwan authorities’ “Immigration Department”, the actual number of people entering and leaving the Taoyuan Airport on March 20 has fallen below 10,000, leaving only about 9,700 people. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, the average daily number of inbound and outbound flights at Taoyuan Airport reached 130,000, and today it is less than 10%.