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    Thailand plans to end Covid quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers from at least 10 low-risk nations from 1 November, officials say.

    PM Prayuth Chan-ocha admitted that "this decision comes with some risk" - but it is seen as a key step to revive the country's collapsed tourism sector.

    The 10 nations seen as low risk include the UK, China, Germany and the US.

    The country has been recording more than 10,000 positive infections daily since July.

    It has fully vaccinated around 33% of its almost 70 million people. Half the population has received one dose.

    Mr Prayuth said Thailand would also allow entertainment venues to reopen on 1 December and permit alcohol sales.

    He added that the authorities were planning to open Thailand for more countries on that date.

    Mr Prayuth's comments came in a televised address on Monday.

    Referring to visitors from 10 low-risk nations, he stressed that "when they arrive, they should present a [negative] Covid test... and test once again upon arrival".

    If the second test is also negative, any visitor from those countries "can travel freely like Thais", the prime minister said.

    But he warned that the government would act decisively if there were to be a spike in infections or an emergence of a highly contagious variant of Covid-19.

    It is estimated that Thailand - popular for its sandy beaches and non-stop nightlife - lost about $50bn (£37bn) in tourism revenue in 2020.

    The economy suffered its deepest contraction in more than two decades as a result of the pandemic.

    Thailand was the first country outside China to record a Covid-19 case in January last year.

    It took the drastic step of sealing its borders in April, effectively killing off a tourist industry accounting for perhaps 20% of GDP, but managed to cut new daily infections to just single figures, one of the best records anywhere.

    This year though, with the arrival of the Delta variant, infections have soared, from a total of less than 7,000 at the end of 2020, to 1.7 million today. The argument for keeping out foreign visitors to contain Covid became much less persuasive, especially with tourist-related businesses pleading for restrictions to be eased.

    The success in containing Covid last year had another unforeseen consequence; it led the Thai government to believe it had need not rush to order vaccines. The result has been a tardy and at times confused vaccine programme, and a public outcry.

    The need for some economic good news is in large part what has driven it to start reopening, well before reaching its own declared target of getting 70% of the population vaccinated.

    It is proceeding cautiously though, with only 10 countries on the list until the end of the year. Like other countries in the region Thailand's health system has limited ICU capacity; in August ICU units in Bangkok were quickly overwhelmed by the number of serious Covid cases.

    In any case, even with an end to the two week quarantine requirement, a recovery to the 40 million tourists who came in 2019 is unlikely next year, or even the year after.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58838189
    I visited TC a few times as a guest but had to stop. It is a sickening place. - Aging One

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    • #3
      Some interesting information here, I'm glad someone finally started a Thailand Covid19 thread on this forum

      I didn't know Thailand was realtively free from Covid until Delta hit

      At the moment the overseas traveler holidaying in Thailand may then to contend with coming home and having to quarantine for some time which may warrant holidaying in the first place pointless as most of the holiday time would be tied up in quarantine


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      • #4
        It’s from the BBC though so some filtering is required. Did Prayut actually say that the UK would be one of the 10 countries? The UK has a very high infection rate at the moment, over 30K cases a day. No mention of Australia and New Zealand where cases have been kept low.

        The same story in the Bangkok Post has the following;

        He said these travellers would be allowed to visit any part of the country after meeting these requirements, adding that there will be at least ten "low risk" countries, including Singapore, Germany, China and the US.

        Last edited by lamphun; 10-12-2021, 07:10 PM.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by lamphun View Post
          No mention of Australia and New Zealand where cases have been kept low.
          They're tiny markets for Thailand. Aussies prefer Bali, and China-doting Kiwis are insignificant to everyone.

          Thailand needs the Chinese the most but I can't see them opening their borders this year. Suits me, as my tropical island home is far nicer without them.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by lamphun View Post
              No mention of Australia and New Zealand where cases have been kept low.
              Yes I believe they are on the list along with Singapore but they are unable to leave their own countries to go on a holiday yet so the announcement has kept quiet about these countries for now

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              • #8
                ^ Who me? I have never used Tinder. I'm thinking about importing a girl to Thailand once we can travel there. A nice provincial PI girl with some morals that's out of reach of sleazy expats that live in the cities

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                  10 Provinces On COVID-19 Watchlist After Spikes In Community Transmissions

                  Ten provinces are on the Public Health Ministry’s COVID-19 watchlist due to spikes in community transmissions, said permanent secretary Kiatiphum Wongrajit.

                  He said the COVID-19 situation in Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Tak, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Nakhon Ratchasima is being closely monitored.

                  A COVID-19 containment plan will be drawn up to curb the spread of the virus while rapid testing and vaccination campaigns for vulnerable groups will be ramped up, he said.

                  Dr Wongrajit said virus infections in the southern, eastern and central regions remain high, so the ministry has asked the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration to set up “forward command centres” to manage the situation and speed up vaccinations.

                  With the daily caseload still in the 10,000s, the ministry plans to intensify efforts to push the number of infections down by half and lower fatalities to below 30, he said.

                  The home and community isolation programme will carry on to help save hospital beds for patients with moderate and severe symptoms, he said, adding the number of cases in Bangkok is expected to fall from four digits to three digits next week.

                  The ministry also plans to inoculate at least 50% of people in every province by the end of this month. In the “COVID-19 free area” designated by the provinces, the vaccination target is set at 70% of the general population and 80% of vulnerable groups.

                  Across the country, about 51% of Thais have received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. He said about 2.8 million doses of Sinovac and AstraZeneca will be delivered to target areas by 19th October and supplies would be allocated on a weekly basis.

                  A total of 699,908 doses of Sinovac will also go to 17 provinces which are reopening to international visitors on 1st November, he said.

                  https://chiangmaione.com/featured/10...-transmissions
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                    Easing Of Restrictions Sees Domestic Flights Back At Full Capacity

                    Domestic flights have resumed operating at full capacity in line with the latest easing of COVID-19 restrictions which took effect yesterday.

                    Suttipong Kongpool, director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT), said the revised guidelines for airlines operating domestic flights have lifted capacity limits on domestic flights.

                    The number of passengers was previously limited to 75% of the full capacity.

                    Under the new guidelines which took effect yesterday, airlines can also operate more flights but have to comply with the nighttime curfew which has been shortened by two hours from 11pm to 3am.

                    He said the revisions are in line with the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration’s decision to relax the virus curbs. The airlines are still required to implement in-flight COVID-19 prevention measures, he said.

                    Meanwhile, public health authorities will hold talks with various agencies in the transport and tourism sectors to work out further details ahead of the 1st November reopening scheme, said a senior public health official.

                    https://chiangmaione.com/featured/ea...-full-capacity
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                    • #11
                      ^ People actually take the Chinese vaccine Sinovac? OhMyGod

                      My story is getting interesting. My anaesthetist (friend of a friend) is digging her own hole bigger by still refusing to be vaccinated. Now medical workers have been mandated to have been vaccinated in Australia she has taken 4 weeks leave and joined a break-away union who will take a class action against the government to try and overturn the mandate

                      (It won't work)

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Mr Tinkles View Post

                        My story is getting interesting.
                        You mean your lies are getting bigger.

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                        • #13


                          An outrageously high prevalence in England right now.
                          I visited TC a few times as a guest but had to stop. It is a sickening place. - Aging One

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                          • #14
                            They don't seem too bothered. People are vaccinated, and the vulnerable are getting boosters. It's very rare for someone who either isn't elderly or already seriously ill to die from covid these days. These people's lives are being cut short, and covid is effectively undoing some of the good that the medications keeping them alive are doing.

                            When you raise average life expectancy by 20 years in the space of 12 decades using medications, there are bound to be some setbacks

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                              Thailand Sets Out 7 Conditions For Foreign Arrivals Without Quarantine

                              From 1st November, foreign tourists arriving in Thailand, without being required to enter quarantine, must meet 7 conditions, according to the Bureau of Risk Communication and Health Behavior Promotion of the Disease Control Department, on Wednesday.

                              Foreign arrivals must:
                              1. Come from countries specified by the Thai Public Health Ministry as being low risk and arrive by air.
                              2. Have certificates to confirm that they have received two doses of a recognised COVID-19 vaccine.
                              3. Have negative COVID-19 results from RT-PCR tests conducted within 72 hours prior to arrival in Thailand.
                              4. Have a minimum of US$50,000 health insurance coverage.
                              5. Have written/electronic confirmation of hotel bookings in Thailand.
                              6. Download and install a specified app upon arrival at the airport and undergo RT-PCR tests within 24 hours of arrival.
                              7. Have negative test results before travelling domestically without quarantine.

                              The government’s policy of reopening the country to foreign travellers is based on three models.

                              The first is that arriving tourists, who are not fully inoculated, will be required to be isolated for 7 to 14 days depending on the case. The second is the “sandbox” model, which will be on trial in 17 provinces and the third is no quarantine for tourists who meet the seven conditions set by the Thai government.


                              https://chiangmaione.com/featured/th...out-quarantine
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