Arriving Travelers: Friends and relatives are prohibited from picking them up at the airport; violators will be fined up to NTD150,000

Starting today, friends and relatives of arriving travelers are not allowed to pick them up at the airport. Violators will be fined up to a maximum of NTD150,000!

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, 國家衛生指揮中心中央流行疫情指揮中心) announced that the Covid-19 Delta variant has entered Taiwan, and that this strain is deadly and spreads faster globally. Because of this, friends and relatives of passengers are not allowed to pick them up at the airport. Violators will be fined up to a maximum of NTD150, 000. Please do not try to go against the law.  

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If friends and relatives of incoming passengers insist on picking them up at the airport, the maximum fine is NTD150,000. Photo/Provided by Taiwan Center for Disease Control衛生福利部疾病管制署

The CECC spokesperson, Chuang Jen-Hsiang said that to prevent the Delta variant from entering our community from abroad, arriving travelers are not allowed to do home quarantine. There will be no need for relatives and friends to pick them up at the airport. This is to reduce the risk of virus transmission. Therefore, for the safety of the community, friends and relatives of incoming passengers will not be allowed to pick them up at the airport. If the friends or relatives of inbound passengers still go to the airport to pick them up or if the inbound passengers refuse to take the designated anti-Covid transportation to go to the quarantine location, there is a fine of NT$10,000 to NT$150,000 in accordance with Articles 58 and 69 of the "Communicable Disease Control Act".

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Travelers arriving from “High Risk” countries must take designated Anti-Covid Taxis. Photo/Provided by Taoyuan International Airport Corporation桃園國際機場股份有限公司 

Also, tourists arriving from these 7 high risk countries: Brazil, India, England, Peru, Israel, Indonesia and Bengal, must take the anti-Covid19 vehicles designated by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOT, 中華民國交通部) to go to the quarantine area. If incoming tourists are not arriving from these “high-risk countries”, they are to take the anti-Covid19 transportation or their own cars to go to the quarantine hotel or to the quarantine center at their own expense.