中央流行疫情指揮中心今(16)日表示，歐洲及中東地區近期疫情擴大，為加強防疫警戒，指揮中心宣布除已公布列第三級之伊朗、匈牙利、捷克、波蘭、斯洛伐克、斯洛維尼亞、愛沙尼亞、拉脫維亞及立陶宛等國家外，自3月17日零時起，將東歐13國、中東15國與1地區、北非5國及中亞9國，提升至第三級：警告(Warning)，國人應避免至當地所有非必要旅遊。

指揮中心說明國家及地區如下：俄羅斯、白俄羅斯、烏克蘭、羅馬尼亞、保加利亞、賽普勒斯、塞爾維亞、波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納、蒙特內哥羅、科索沃、克羅埃西亞、阿爾巴尼亞、北馬其頓、沙烏地阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合大公國、卡達、阿曼、葉門、科威特、巴林、約旦、黎巴嫩、敘利亞、伊拉克、以色列、土耳其、阿富汗、巴基斯坦、巴勒斯坦地區、埃及、利比亞、突尼西亞、阿爾及利亞、摩洛哥、喬治亞、亞塞拜然、亞美尼亞、哈薩克、吉爾吉斯、塔吉克、土庫曼、烏茲別克及蒙古，自上述國家及地區入境者，需進行14天居家檢疫。

指揮中心指出，東歐丶中東丶中亞及北非各國與申根區國家往來密切，多國已現疫情，且位居歐亞非大陸交界，為進入亞洲之交通樞紐，雖已加強邊境管制及檢疫措施，仍持續輸出病例至其他國家；我國已發生多起該區移入之病例。指揮中心將嚴密監控疫情變化，隨時調整旅遊建議範圍。

On March 16, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak had expanded throughout Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and announced that effective March 17, it will raise its travel notice for 13 countries in Eastern Europe, 15 countries and one territory in the Middle East, five countries in Northern Africa, and nine countries in Central Asia to Level 3: Warning. This comes in addition to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iran, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, which were already subject to a Level 3: Warning travel notice.

The countries and territory covered by this announcement are as follows: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen. Travelers from these countries will be required to follow a 14-day period of home quarantine after entering Taiwan.