The government of Taiwan has decided to temporarily ban the entry of foreign nationals provisionally who have been to India over the previous 14 days, the restrictions will come into effect from tomorrow. Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-Chung on Monday announced that the ban will apply to all foreign nationals with an exception to Taiwanese residence permit holders, Taiwan News reported.

The move comes as India is witnessing a record-breaking and unprecedented COVID-19 surge. The country on Monday reported 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections and 3,417 related deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the union health ministry on Monday morning. With this, the cumulative count of the cases has gone up to 1,99,25,604.

The second wave of the pandemic has overwhelmed the health care system in the country. Taiwan has reaffirmed its commitment to providing necessary assistance to the people of India in difficult times of COVID-19 and the country sent the first batch of 150 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders to New Delhi on Sunday.

Taiwan said that except for its citizens, all those who had been in India in the 14 days prior would be barred from entering its territory while returning Taiwanese face 14 days in centralized quarantine facilities.

Last month, Indonesia, which has been battling one of Asia's worst COVID-19 outbreaks, stopped issuing visas for foreigners who had been in India in the previous 14 days.

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