Taiwan replaces PCR testing with rapid tests to end quarantine

Beginning Tuesday, individuals in quarantine after being identified as a close contact of someone with COVID-19 or new arrivals in the country will take a rapid antigen test instead of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at the end of their quarantine period, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.

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