Taiwan raises weekly arrivals cap, loosens pre-entry PCR requirement
ROC Central News Agency
07/07/2022 04:16 PM
Taipei, July 7 (CNA) The current weekly cap of 25,000 visitor arrivals has been raised to 40,000 with immediate effect and pre-entry COVID-19 PCR test requirements for certain groups of people will soon be removed, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on Thursday.
The relaxation of border controls comes amid an increase in overseas Taiwanese nationals returning to the country for summer vacation and business travelers, said Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who also heads the CECC.
Starting from July 14, arrivals who hold passports of the Republic of China, the official name of Taiwan, or Taiwan resident certificates, and those who arrive in Taiwan for transit will be exempted from having to present PCR test results within two days before their scheduled flights to Taiwan, Chen said.
(By Chang Ming-hsuan and Shih Hsiu-chuan)
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