1. Maintain a distance of at least 1 meter from those who are under quarantine, and avoid close contact with them.
2. Wear a mask whenever possible.
3. Wash your hands frequently with soap and water. Wash your hands before touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
4. If any discomfort or symptoms occur, please immediately notify the local health authorities, and seek medical assistance accordingly.

Priorities for COVID-19 testing are as follows：

1. Hospitalized patients with symptoms
2. Healthcare facility workers, workers in congregate living dettings, and first responders with symptoms
3. Residents in long-term care facilities or other congregate living settings, including prisons and shelters, with symptoms

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has announced on May 28 that considering the low risk of community transmission in Taiwan, it would loosen restrictions on daily life. The CECC announced guidelines for “Contact-Information-Based Measures””.

1. Purpose of“Contact-Information-Based Measures “ : When there is a need for outbreak investigations, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) can immediately contact the person who has visited the specific place.

2. The items collected on personal data: It depends on the judgement and decision by the registrated venue operators and the public. The principle is of the least infringement on personal data while retaining the necessary information, such as only collecting a visitor’s cell phone number.

3. Personal data protection:
To ensure personal data protection, proprietors of venues where customers’ personal data is collected must designate a person to be in charge of keeping a record of and maintaining the collected personal data. Such data can be retained at most for 28 days and should be deleted thereafter. Such data may not be used for any purpose other than outbreak investigations. Personal data can be collected electronically or in writing. If personal data is collected electronically, information security protocols must be implemented. In addition, when collecting personal data, the individual or the organization should clearly inform data subjects of the following: the entity to collect personal data, purpose of collection, types of personal data to be collected, time period of using personal data, entities to use personal data and ways of using personal data, data subjects’ benefits and rights they can claim under the Personal Data Protection Act, and the effect of declining providing personal data.

The CECC states that if Taiwan continues to record no new indigenous cases or no community transmission after June 7, the CECC will further loosen epidemic control measures. As long as the public can cooperate with the new “Contact-Information-Based Measures”” and observe personal preventive precautions, including washing hands frequently, wearing masks where social distancing can’t be followed, restrictions on the number of people allowed in a place when they go out or attend social activities will be lifted.

1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has announced on May 5, 2020 that MOFA is launching a third wave of international humanitarian assistance in response to the continued spread of COVID-19, donating 7.07 million face masks to the United States, European Union and its member states, diplomatic allies, New Southbound Policy partner countries, and African and Middle Eastern nations. The R.O.C. government announced two earlier waves of humanitarian assistance on April 1 and April 9, 2020, donating face masks and other medical supplies to support frontline medical personnel as they fight the pandemic in countries that have been severely affected.

2. If you have any inquiries about how to obtain donations of anti-epidemic materials from Taiwan, please contact the MOFA overseas offices