Gov. David Ige announced April 13 that starting Saturday, April 17, 2021 travelers from Taiwan may bypass the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner.
In all cases, the test must be taken no earlier than 72 hours prior to departure and the negative test result submitted prior to departure for Hawaiʻi.
Taiwan Trusted Testing Partners
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) has approved the use of the COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) for Taiwan’s pre-travel test, conducted by a laboratory authorized by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare. The following trusted testing partners at these locations in Taiwan have been approved as of today:
- Cathay General Hospital, https://www.cgh.org.tw/
- Sijhih Cathay General Hospital, https://sijhih.cgh.org.tw/
- Hsinchu Cathay General Hospital, https://hsinchu.cgh.org.tw/
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Taipei, https://www1.cgmh.org.tw/branch/tpe/index.htm
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Linkou, https://www1.cgmh.org.tw/branch/lnk/2016/
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Chia Yi, https://cghdpt.cgmh.org.tw/branch/jia
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital – Kaohsiung, https://www1.cgmh.org.tw/branch/shk/index.htm
- Mackay Memorial Hospital, https://www.mmh.org.tw/home.php?area=tp
- Mackay Memorial Hospital – Tamsui, https://www.mmh.org.tw/home.php?area=ts
- Hsinchu Mackay Memorial Hospital, http://www.hc.mmh.org.tw/webhc/index.html#
- Mackay Memorial Hospital – Taitung, http://ttw3.mmh.org.tw/#
For more information, please go to OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE: HAWAIʻI EXPANDS PRE-TRAVEL TESTING PROGRAM TO TAIWAN.
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