Taiwan bars arrivals from India amid coronavirus crisis Inquirer News


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A view of the empty departure hall at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, January 7, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI — Taiwan will bar from Tuesday the entry of people who have been to India over the previous 14 days, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said, the latest place to enforce curbs on travel from coronavirus-battered India. The Indian variant of the virus has reached at least 17 countries, including Britain, Iran and Switzerland, spurring several to close their borders to those traveling from India. ADVERTISEMENT India’s tally of infections stood just shy of 20 million on Monday, after...