The Central Epidemic Command Center has raised the travel alert for 27 European countries. From now on, incoming travelers from Europe are required to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. A flight from the Netherlands early Sunday morning brought passengers who appeared to be understanding of the new regulations. Some were glad to have left Europe where most people still haven''t gotten into the habit of wearing a mask.It’s 6 a.m. A flight carrying more than 200 passengers from the Netherlands has just landed in Taoyuan International Airport. Centers for Disease Control personnel explain in detail the steps passengers will need to take following their arrival in Taiwan. Now all arriving passengers from Europe will need to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. PassengerEven if the government doesn’t require home quarantine, we’ll still carry out self-health management, because we went abroad, and now we’re back. People in Taiwan will be worried after all about whether we’ve brought any diseases with us.PassengerI study abroad but I live in Taiwan. I just flew in from the Netherlands. There are over a hundred new cases every day over there. It’s very scary.COVID-19 is now spreading like wildfire in Europe. In Italy, the country hardest hit, a staggering 3,490 new cases were reported on Saturday alone, a 20% jump from the previous day. That figure has set a new record for daily new cases. There were 175 deaths in just one day. Meanwhile in Spain, the country second hardest-hit in Europe, a 15-day state of emergency has been declared as the country imposes near total lockdown. Pedro SanchezPrime Minister of SpainThe declaration of the state emergency affects the whole of Spain and its territories for the next 15 days, and may be extended with the Congress of Deputies if necessary.To fight the pandemic, Taiwan will reinforce its border controls and tracking of people who have come in contact with infected people. The public has also been advised to refrain from international travel to reduce the risk of transmission.