The Central Epidemic Command Center announced today that starting from February 7, the screening measures for Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan will be cancelled, but the "prohibition" of Chinese tourists from coming to Taiwan is still maintained.

(Provided by Command Center)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] In response to the Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic in China, the Central Epidemic Command Center announced today that it will cancel the inspection measures for Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan from February 7, but The "prohibition" of Chinese tourists from coming to Taiwan is still maintained, so the vast majority of beneficiaries are Chinese.

After February 7, the saliva PCR testing measures for Chinese passengers at airports and ports will be cancelled, and the need to prepare 48-hour PCR or rapid screening test reports for passengers entering Taiwan from Hong Kong and Macau will also be cancelled.

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Wang Bisheng, commander of the command center, said that this is because the estimated positive rate of Chinese tourists coming to Taiwan has dropped from about 25% per day to 2% per day, and it continues to be at a low point. The amount of samples that can be used for virus sequencing Also falling.

In addition, the results of virus sequencing and monitoring are mainly BA.5 and BF.7, and no new mutant strains have been detected, and the current policy of "maintaining the non-opening of Chinese tourists to Taiwan" is still in place.

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