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."

On February 11, 2020, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) indicated that the global number of cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection continues growing. Cases of community transmission and cluster without obvious origins of infection have occurred in Hong Kong. In Singapore, more than half of confirmed cases had contracted the coronavirus locally while the third wave of infection was observed.

Taiwanese employers of Filipino migrant workers can apply to extend their recruitment permits should they be impacted by a travel ban imposed by the Philippine government on Monday that prevents Filipinos from traveling to Taiwan due to the coronavirus outbreak, a Taiwanese labor official said Tuesday.

Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) China Airlines and EVA Airways, Taiwan's two leading carriers, said Tuesday they will cut some of their flights on the Philippines route, after the government there extended its travel restrictions to Taiwan due to the coronavirus epidemic.