Taiwan cancels 'COVID-19 virus test' for immigrants from mainland China ... from Feb 7 = China report

Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center held a press conference on the afternoon of January 31st, announcing that it would cancel the COVID-19 virus testing for mainland Chinese arrivals from February 7th.

Wang Yisheng, the center's commander, said that the positive rate of people entering the country from mainland China dropped from 25% to about 2% per day and that it would continue to remain at a low level. He explained that he had decided to cancel the inspection measures for immigrants.

In addition, submission of negative proof of "PCR test within 48 hours before boarding" or "antigen test within 24 hours" required for those who enter Taiwan from mainland China via Hong Kong or Macau is also 7 canceled from the date

According to the latest data from the center, on January 29th, 922 people entered Taiwan on direct flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xiamen. 10 of them tested positive, with a positive rate of just 1.1%.