About 1,100 Chinese students enrolled at National Tsing Hua University and Shih Hsin University earlier this month launched an online petition to the Minsitry of Education to allow them to resume their studies in the nation. Those from low-risk countries would be allowed to leave quarantine after five days, while those from medium-low infection risk countries would be quarantined for seven days. The low infection risk countries or areas include New Zealand, Australia, Macau, Palau, Fiji, Brunei, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Mongolia and Bhutan. The medium-low infection risk countries include South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, Chen said. However, the government should allow Chinese students to return based on the COVID-19 situation in different Chinese provinces, it said.

Source: Taipei Times June 17, 2020 15:56 UTC