Taiwan closed to all foreign visitors as of 19 Mar 2020
 

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/new...uMszE3Kgaykv4U

There are passengers that are only transiting through Taiwan on their way to another country as their final destination?
This scenario is not mentioned in the article.
Does anyone know if this ban also applies to transit passengers?

Note that it is technically "foreign nationals" that are not allowed, with the exception of ARC holders.

There was a post in BR forum suggesting transit is still allowed, from the thread https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eva-...an-arc-ok.html:

Friend just picked up daughter who flew BR LAX TPE HKG
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Please note transit through Taiwan will now be banned 24 March - 7 April: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-h...-idUSKBN21908W

There might be flight disruptions, but I think it's great that they are closed for all foreign visitors, at least it will reduce the spreading of the virus.

Yeah, feelin' pretty good about living in Taiwan right now. Seems like the best place to be. At least, for now.

I saw an article in the local news about an American exchange student whose home university in California abruptly canceled the exchange program, and instructed the students to return to CA immediately. She went to the Taiwan immigration office to beg them to find a way to get her a new visa so she could stay in Taiwan. She felt a lot safer here than she'd be in CA. But unfortunately, they couldn't help her at the time. The day after she flew home, however, the govt announced a program that would give automatic visa extensions to foreigners already in Taiwan. But it was too late for her.

According to CECC data, 95%+ of the recent surge in imported cases have been Taiwanese nationals returning from overseas - and that figure does not include foreign nationals who are essentially residents, e.g., ARC holders or those working in Taiwan (which does represent some of the remaining cases, again according to CECC data).

Given the facts, it's very difficult to believe a foreign national ban will have any impact at this point, especially as imported transmission begins to turn into local transmission - all the while a substantial portion of the recent surge of cases were from tour groups that visited known heavily-infected regions, which just boggles the mind. Taiwan has done incredibly well (so far) at containing the spread and I'm very happy about that, but it appears also down to a great deal of luck given questionable priorities.

This. I'm quite surprised they're going at it this way as Taiwan's response to the virus seems very pragmatic and targeted otherwise, and arguably it's been working well so far without any of the broad-stroke measures being implemented elsewhere.

In other news, Computex was postponed too, until the last week of September (source): that's Taiwan's largest trade show.

Any info if the ban on transit passengers, supposed to end on April 7th, will be extended or not?

The airlines have created their own dates, I just saw. China Airlines' ban on transit passengers extends to April 30.

It was already extended to 30 April three days ago by CECC; it was not up to the airlines. https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/D...bgg?typeid=158

Any predictions on how viable a trip ex-US would be in September?

I do agree they have handled this very well.

Update re. transit at Taiwanese airports: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202004230013

"The CECC said its ban on the entry of airline transit passengers, which was imposed March 24 to April 7 [30, actually], will also be extended indefinitely."

This sucks. Kills so many flight options that transited in Taiwan. Outright ban hurts, could have at least just set maximum flights per week for airlines so at least some traffic could reach Taiwan.

I wonder what the end point will be.
At this point, there're hardly any new cases of Coronavirus in Taipei. They are being extremely careful.

I've got YVR-TPE-KIX in late July. What conditions would satisfy Taiwan enough to have lifted bans on certain countries by that point?
I just don't think new incidences of Coronavirus will be eliminated in either Canada or Jpn this summer.
Do you guys think my flight's more likely not happening?