Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/26/2020
By: Chen Chih-chung, Chiu Chun-chin and William Yen

Taipei, June 26 (CNA) Eight international students, part of a larger group who have not been able to return to Taiwan this semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic, arrived Friday, after the government eased some of its border controls.

The eight foreign nationals, natives of Hong Kong, are due to graduate this year from National Central University in Taoyuan, Soochow University in Taipei, Tainan University of Technology, National Taipei University, and National Chin-Yi University of Technology in Taichung.

They are among the 2,238 international students now able to return to Taiwan after the government deemed their home countries and regions at low-risk for COVID-19.

Foreign nationals, with few exceptions, have been barred from entering Taiwan since mid-March due to the pandemic, but the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) opened the doors to foreign nationals from 11 low-risk countries on June 17.    [FULL  STORY]