On July 22, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that international patients may, except for non-urgent medical care needs including health checkups, and aesthetic medicine, provide relevant documents to medical institutions to apply for receiving medical care in Taiwan starting from August 1.
Taiwan on Sunday recorded its fourth new imported COVID-19 case in four days as new infections increase across the world, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center.
Due to the impact that COVID-19 border control measures and flight bans have had on foreign visitors to Taiwan, MOFA announced the first automatic 30-day visa extension on March 21, the second on April 17, the third on May 18, and the fourth on June 15.
On July 16, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced one new confirmed imported case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Case #452 is an over 30-year-old female. The case traveled to the Philippines for work in the second half of January and returned to Taiwan by herself on July 14.
Taiwan's representative office in India will suspend consular services from July 13-26 due to health concerns after the office recently received an application to enter Taiwan from an Indian national who tested positive for COVID-19.
According to a press release posted on the Scottish government website Wednesday, passengers arriving in Scotland from 57 foreign destinations and 14 United Kingdom overseas territories will no longer have to quarantine, with effect from July 10, provided they had not been in a non-exempted country in the previous 14 days.
Considering that transit passengers have been allowed at some airports in Hong Kong and Singapore, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) announced a plan concerning transit passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic under the principle of strict border control and eased domestic prevention measures.
The number of arrivals at Taiwan's largest airport increased sharply Monday -- the first day that Taiwan opened its doors to foreign business travelers from certain countries and areas since mid-March, when border controls due to COVID-19 were imposed.
On June 18, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced one new confirmed imported case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Case #446 is an over 60-year-old male who visited Bangladesh for work on his own in the second half of January. The case flew to Malaysia from Bangladesh on June 12.
The CECC reiterated that confirmed cases should wear a mask at all times during their flight to Taiwan. It advised that they should be subject to entry measures for travelers from countries listed at Level 3: Warning.
