There are currently at least two transmission chains at the Port of Kaohsiung. Several vaccination stations were set up around the port and all workers must have a negative result to enter the port.
Only by showing a negative PCR test result can people enter the port. This is because genome sequencing has shown the harbor pilot at the Port of Kaohsiung is not part of the port's cluster infection, which means there are two separate transmission chains at the port.
Chen Chi-mai (Feb. 10, 2022), Kaohsiung City Mayor: “We got the results of the harbor pilot's genome sequencing back, and his case is not related to the Port of Kaohsiung cluster infection.”
The city government and Central Epidemic Command Center say the harbor pilot must have been infected by a foreign sailor at the end of last month or the beginning of this month. He will remain in quarantine until the 19th. Several vaccination stations will be operating around the port on the 11th and 12th. In addition, anyone entering the port area has to have a three-day negative PCR test.
Chang Chin-tun, Occupational Safety and Health Director, Port of Kaohsiung: “There was PCR testing here at the port on the 7th and 8th, and also on the 9th. You had three days to get tested. If you didn't, you can't enter the port. If you went to a clinic or a hospital, that's fine.”
Testing was free at the port before for local workers, but cargo drivers from other municipalities had to pay out of pocket for a test. Taiwan International Ports Corp. says PCR test results are valid for seven days and cargo drivers will not need to get a second test when reentering the port within the seven-day period. Changes may be made to the policy if needed.
貨車、機車在碼頭管制站前面排隊，等工作人員查驗PCR陰性證明才能進去，會這麼嚴格，是因為之前確診的引水人，10日被列為獨立傳播鏈，因為他的基因定序出爐，確定感染源跟高雄港群聚不同。
高雄市長陳其邁 (111.02.10）:「引水人，那我們釐清了他的基因定序，他跟高雄港案的相關群聚的基因定序不同。」
市府跟指揮中心推測，引水人可能是1月底、2月初接觸貨船及外籍船員時感染，必須觀察到2月19日。先是高雄港群聚，接著是引水人，讓高雄港11、12日兩天，在36號碼頭管制站等地設起施打站，鼓勵港區人員打疫苗。但想進去打疫苗，就得7、8日在港區做過篩檢，或提出3天內的PCR陰性證明。
高雄港務分公司職安處長張錦墩說明:「你如果7號、8號應該要到我們港區來PCR，9號也有一天，所以總共有3天的PCR，如果你這3天沒有來PCR的，你就不能進入港區了，如果你到一般診所或醫院去做也是可以。」
雖政府是為了防疫，但之前港區篩檢是免費，若外縣市貨車現在想進港區，就得自費去醫院PCR，若超過3天要再一次進港區，是否得再次篩檢？對此，港務分公司表示，PCR證明有效期間是7天內，不用再次篩檢，後續會視狀況跟市府討論是否要修正入港規定。
