Flight to Taiwan covid test

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You would like the Taiwan covid page to mean that a traveler who tests positive can wait 7 days and then enter Taiwan without a PCR test. The page does not say that. The reasonable meaning of these words does not say that.

The page's wording is:

  • Passengers tested positive for COVID-19 abroad must defer their flights to Taiwan for > 7 days from the specimen collection date. (emphasis in original)

The reasonable construction of this wording is that having been unable to enter because of a positive test, the clock is merely reset. There is no statement that receiving a positive test result means no further testing is required; indeed, given Taiwan's goal of restricting entry to those who present a negative test, this would be irrational.

Thus, to enter Taiwan, all travelers must meet the original Taiwan Covid entry requirements, i.e., show a negative Covid test issued within two days before the scheduled flight. Taiwan immigration authorities and airlines will apply the "negative test required" to all travelers, including those who have previously tested positive.

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