Taiwan, China: Cancellation of nucleic acid testing for mainland passengers going to Taiwan from February 7

31/01/2023
According to Taiwan media reports, Wang Bisheng, the commander of the Epidemic Command Center in Taiwan, China, announced on January 31 that the saliva PCR nucleic acid screening measures for passengers traveling from the mainland to Taiwan will be canceled from February 7; Passengers are required to have a PCR test report within 48 hours or an antigen rapid screening test report within 24 hours. Wang Bisheng said that the positive rate of mainland tourists to Taiwan continues to be at a low point, and the number of samples that can be sequenced has decreased. In addition, the results of sequencing monitoring are mainly BA.5 and BF.7, and no new mutant strains have been detected. Therefore, it was decided to cancel the inspection measures for passengers from the mainland to Taiwan. | Related reading (Global Times)

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Since the release of the domestic epidemic situation, many countries and regions have adopted restrictive measures for the entry of domestic tourists in view of concerns about the first wave of domestic infections at the beginning, that is, requiring negative nucleic acid results to enter the country.

However, with the passing of the domestic infection wave, these restrictive measures are indeed being relaxed. After all, the risk of positive spillover of mainland tourists is decreasing. This may be the reason why Taiwan announced that it will no longer check the nucleic acid of mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan, but if I don’t remember If it is wrong, since the middle of 2019, the mainland has suspended individual visits to Taiwan by mainland residents in 47 cities. Now even if Taiwan relaxes the epidemic restrictions, most tourists may only be disappointed.

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