{"id":13195,"date":"2020-09-07T02:11:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T06:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?p=13195"},"modified":"2020-09-07T02:12:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T06:12:36","slug":"covid-19-home-quarantine-new-york-city-versus-taipei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/blog\/covid-19-home-quarantine-new-york-city-versus-taipei\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 Home Quarantine: New York City versus Taipei"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Currently, both New York City<\/a> and Taipei have 14-day home quarantine mandates in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19. How do they compare to each other?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Home Quarantine In New York<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Individuals arriving in NYC from a list of 30 high-risk states or from abroad must stay at home in isolation. Unfortunately, the NY Times reports the enforcement is rather lax<\/a>. People who receive the quarantine paperwork after arriving in Manhattan<\/a> can freely go to parties, parks, and other social events with seemingly no restrictions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Home Quarantine In Taipei<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are two ways to quarantine after arriving in Taiwan. Individuals can stay in government-subsidized quarantine hotels, which range from budget hostels all the way to luxury 5-star hotels<\/a>. The option has become so popular that there are online spreadsheets detailing availability<\/a>, and calls to widen the program<\/a> to all hotels. There are plenty of great blogs and vlogs documenting this process – plenty of folks break up the hotel room boredom by spinning up youtube channels.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The other method is the home quarantine, which will be our focus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Day 0: Airport Arrival<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prior to your flight, you should fill out an online form detailing where you will be staying during your quarantine, complete with your passport info and cell phone. Once you land, your phone receives a text message linking to your completed home quarantine document. You show your phone at various airport checkpoints and local CDC officials near your “home” receive a copy of the document.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Gotchas: No Local Sim? Did Not Complete Form? No Problem<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In case you didn’t properly research the process, you are still ok! You can fill out an electronic or paper home quarantine form upon arrival. The amount of airport \/ CDC staff to passenger ratio is quite good – plenty of people who can offer help in English or Mandarin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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For those without local phone numbers, the CDC has partnered with cell phone companies to sell you a subsidized data and phone plan: 30-days of unlimited data and 7 hours of voice calling for $35. The booth to buy these sims are conveniently placed in the pre-immigration area.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For those coming from the US, we recommend bringing two phones and carrying both. Your primary phone which will retain your US phone number – and a secondary phone to utilize your new Taiwan SIM card. That way, you will still receive calls and texts to your primary phone and old number, but CDC can call you and track your GPS on the second phone. You will also use the second phone to make local calls, use data such as Google Maps, and enable hotspot mode for your primary phone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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