ON ALERT: The CECC has designated China’s Zhejiang Province a secondary epidemic area, as 829 coronavirus infections were confirmed there as of Monday
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 05, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China, the Central Epidemic
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung gives an update on the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, at the government’s epidemic response command center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times
Starting on Friday, foreign nationals who have visited or resided in China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — within the previous 14 days would be prohibited from entering Taiwan, Department of International Cooperation and Economic Affairs Director-General Phoebe Yeh (葉非比) told a CECC news conference.
The restriction includes those who are eligible for visa-free treatment, landing visas and e-visas, as well as those who have valid visas, she said. [FULL STORY]
