Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital

10th round of name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits to begin on Feb. 1, and people can purchase rapid tests with their NHI cards; children six and under and elderly people 65 and older who are eligible for free rapid tests and haven’t collected rapid tests can still get them with their NHI cards before Feb. 28

CECC announces information on contracted healthcare facilities providing in-person, video consultations for COVID-19 and oral antiviral drugs during Lunar New Year holiday to provide information to public

Regular rapid testing measures at residential and community care institutions extended until Jan. 31, 2023

Effective December 1, weekly cap of arrivals to be increased to 200,000

Seventh round of name-based rationing system for at-home COVID-19 rapid test kits, fifth round of free rapid test program for children six and under, and third round of free rapid test program for elderly people 65 and older to begin on November 1; people can purchase/collect test kits with their NHI cards

First batch of preventative monoclonal antibody therapy Evusheld purchased by CECC to be distributed to provide better protection for individuals with weak immune systems in Taiwan

Effective from September 1, 3+4 quarantine policy to remain in place for arrivals; one person per room rule to be adopted during four days of self-initiated epidemic prevention

CECC confirms 4 more imported cases; cases arrive in Taiwan from Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Indonesia

Starting April 10, Taiwan to again allow arriving travelers with history of travel to the UK, South Africa or Eswatini to undergo quarantine at quarantine hotels or follow one person per residence requirement and quarantine at home

CECC removes East Timor from its list of medium-risk countries in response to severe local infections in the country; CECC moves Vietnam and Singapore to the list of low-risk category as cases in the two countries continue downward trend