TAOYUAN, Taiwan: Taiwan began welcoming back visitors on Thursday after finally ending mandatory quarantines to control the spread of Covid-19, with gifts of cuddly toy black bears for the first tour group. that stepped off the plane from Bangkok shortly after midnight.
Taiwan had kept some of its entry and quarantine rules in place as large parts of the rest of Asia relaxed or lifted them completely, although in June it cut the number of days required in isolation for arrivals to three from seven previously.
