Air New Zealand announced Tuesday it will halt flights between Auckland and Taipei due to the measures being taken by its government to curb the global spread of the novel coronavirus. All flights between Auckland Airport and Taoyuan International Airport will be suspended from March 30 to June 30, the airline said after New Zealand government's announced on March 14 that everybody arriving in the country, including New Zealanders, would be required to self-isolate for 14 days.
Four Indonesian nationals were barred from entering Taiwan by immigration officers at Taoyuan International Airport after they were found to have fake New Zealand e-visas, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Sunday. The Indonesian nationals were trying to enter Taiwan by each holding a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) and an Online Application for R.O.C. (Taiwan) Travel Authorization Certificate, said the NIA in a press release.
The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Sunday advised Taiwanese applying for work in the Philippines gambling industry to exercise caution, saying many companies in that sector are operating outside the law.
The above charts show Taiwan’s temporary travel restrictions and quarantine regulations, which are among its response measures to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the region and beyond.
Despite the recent lifting of a travel ban imposed by Manila on Taiwan, Taiwanese visiting the Philippines will still be required to present a travel history when applying for a Philippine visa, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) clarified Sunday.
One day after the Philippine government's decision to lift the travel ban it imposed on Taiwan, a clearer picture emerged Saturday of the roles played by government, business and labor groups in the successful effort to have the policy reversed.
The Philippine government on Friday decided to lift its travel ban against Taiwan following an internal debate, capping off a week of uncertainty over the fate of travel ties between the two countries amid the coronavirus epidemic.
On February 14, 2020, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that more than 1,000 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have occurred in Henan and Zhejiang, China, respectively, and community-based transmission in the affected areas is hard to control.
Manila, Feb. 11 (CNA) The Philippine government made clear on Monday evening that a travel ban imposed on Chinese visitors due to the coronavirus will apply to Taiwan, causing some 150 Taiwanese passengers to be refused entry at several airports. The clarification made by the Civil Aeronautics Board came at the end of a day of confusion when Philippine officials sent mixed signals and the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan said "immigration on the ground is no banning Tai
The Philippine government made clear on Monday evening that a travel ban imposed on Chinese visitors due to the coronavirus will apply to Taiwan, causing some 150 Taiwanese passengers to be refused entry at several airports. The clarification made by the Civil Aeronautics Board came at the end of a day of confusion when Philippine officials sent mixed signals and the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan said "immigration on the ground is not banning Taiwanese entry."
