SAFETY RISK: The government is working to categorize countries based on their COVID-19 cases and prevention efforts, which would determine quarantine periods
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 02, 2020
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Mark Ho, holding microphone, speaks at a seminar on post-pandemic travel and border openings at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday, as, back row from left, National Taiwan University pediatrician Lee Ping-ing, DPP Legislator Su Chiao-hui and Taiwan Solidarity Union Legislator Lai Cheng-chang look on.
Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
“We would divide countries around the world into several categories. One category would comprise those countries with very few confirmed COVID-19 cases, such as New Zealand and Palau. Travelers from the countries in this category would only need to practice self-health management,” Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) told a Legislative Yuan seminar hosted by Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers Mark Ho (何志偉) and Su Chiao-hui (蘇巧慧).
“Tourists from low-risk countries, such as Vietnam and Brunei, might be asked to undergo quarantine for five to six days after entering the country,” he said.
Taiwan has not had any confirmed domestic COVID-19 cases for 50 consecutive days, but there are now more than 6 million confirmed cases in the rest of the world, with the number rising in South America and Southeast Asia, Chuang said. [FULL STORY]
