TAIPEI: Taiwan is considering reducing the amount of time business travellers who want to make short visits to the country would have to stay in quarantine upon arrival, the country's health minister said, the Central News Agency reported on Sunday morning .
Business travellers who show no symptoms in quarantine would be tested for Covid-19 at the end of the five-day period, and those who test negative would be free to proceed with their visit for two to three days, Chen said in the interview. Studies show that testing is most reliable starting from two days before symptoms show to the time when they appear, so the five-day quarantine would give the disease time to appear and be detected if it were to pose a health risk, Chen said.
Regardless of what is decided for short-term business travellers, Chen said the standard 14-day quarantine will still be imposed on anybody arriving in Taiwan for a longer period of time, whether a Taiwanese or foreign national, Chen said.