"Here come the results!" the CDC agent shouted while running to her laptop to see the PCR test results. She was more excited than all the passengers who had just arrived in the airport.
There were only 26 passengers. After a 9-hour overnight flight, all the passengers were just quietly waiting for a negative PCR test result at 5ish in the early morning. If someone got a positive result, the person would be immediately quarantined in a hospital. It would be a life sentence because the person would need two consecutive negative results to finish the quarantine period.
"All negative," the agent cheered, "congratulations! Welcome back to Taiwan!"
No responses from the passengers but a few applauded weakly. Most people were too tired to cheer, I supposed. Besides, it was just the beginning of the upcoming 2-week quarantine in hotels.
The photo was an antigen rapid test kit. A negative result is required on day 3/7/10 during the 2-week quarantine period.
