World : Taiwan expands on-arrival COVID testing rules to short-haul flights, including from MalaysiaÂ


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|COVID–19 NEWS| TAIPEI, Jan 19 -- COVID-19 airport testing rules requiring passengers arriving in Taiwan on long-haul flights to wait for the result of their COVID-19 PCR tests at the airport will be expanded to short-haul arrivals from India and eight Southeast Asian countries starting Thursday, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung announced Wednesday. According to Central news agency (CNA), from Thursday, all passengers arriving in Taiwan on short-haul flights from India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore will have to wait at the airport for their on-arrival COVID-19 test results before completing clearance procedures. If...