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Taiwan to drop quarantine for arrivals by mid-October

A passer-by walks past a billboard welcoming tourists at Taipei's airport, July 1, 2008 [AFP photo/Sam Yeh]

Taiwan has announced it will scrap quarantine for arrivals by mid-October as the East Asian economy moves to dismantle some of the last pandemic-related border restrictions still in place globally.

Taiwan’s cabinet said on Thursday it would aim to end its requirement that arrivals quarantine at a hotel or at home for three days, followed by four days of self-monitoring, from around October 13.

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