Latest entry requirement to Thailand

[Centrals]

1. No vaccine is fully effective.
2. Enforced vaccination? It won't happen in most countries. But could be different story if anyone want to travel aboard. Vaccination passport bring up another political issue!!
3. How accurate are those tests?

We probably have to accept that the virus is FACT of life and we have to live with it in what ever variant.

 

[divinh]

There is a point where I think we need to live with Covid - 3 people arrive in Phuket and test positive for Covid?

You have to be fully vaccinated and test 72 hours before getting there but yet you can still get Covid in those few days before testing and the travel days - how can you see this ever going away???

Vaccination appears to reduce your risk of serious illness but you can never force everyone to be vaccinated so at what point do you just move on with life??

Unfortunately, we will reach a point where everyone has had it and either survive due to natural immunity or vaccination, or die from it. Once severe illness doesn't overwhelm hospitals and death rates reflect something similar to the flu, then that's probably the point we move on. At this point, a lot of resources are being poured into keeping people alive in lieu of everything else.

 

[Centrals]

Covid-19 is highly contagious. The only "saving grace", if that is appropriated, is its relatively low mortality rate unlike SARS(2002) which killed roughly 10%.
It is the variant which keep everyone in tenterhooks. No easy solution.

 

[Centrals]

Thailand COVID: 1,511,357 Cases and 15,753 Deaths - Worldometer

01 Apr: 28,889 cases


Incredible.

 

[Barmaglot]

Back on topic.

 

[Centrals]

Thailand targets Indian tourists to make up for missing Chinese

Thailand is looking to attract Indian travellers during the traditional holiday season to boost its tourism-reliant economy that’s been hit hard by the absence of mass holidaymakers from countries including China.

www.bangkokpost.com

Countries Open For Tourism From India In 2022 - Where Can Indian Tourists Travel To? *Updated June 2022* - Wego Travel Blog

This article is reviewed regularly (on a bi-weekly basis) by Wego’s editorial team to ensure that the content is up to date & accurate. Updated 3 June 2022 After being confined to their homes for a year, travellers around the world are now seeing a glimmer of hope. With many countries easing...

blog.wego.com

Good luck Thailand.

 

[Centrals]

PM outlines vision for "Phuket transformation"

The government is gearing up to promote Phuket as a world-class destination, hoping to lure one million foreign visitors over the next six months and generating at least 60 billion baht in revenue.

www.bangkokpost.com

What a joke by the pm of Thailand.
Phuket does not need to lure any tourists if the island or the Kingdom is deemed to be safe for them!
Army general is always a army general! He got to his present position with what?

 

[Centrals]

Nov 1 reopening

Thailand will allow fully vaccinated visitors from low-risk countries to enter the kingdom without quarantine from Nov 1 as a key effort by the government to boost the economy.

www.bangkokpost.com

Message from the PM!
Still need to be approval but highly unlikely that anyone would rebut what the PM had said.

 

[Centrals]

Reopening risks

As state agencies gear up for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

www.bangkokpost.com

Risk? Of course.
PCR test on arrival?
How about this:

New COVID test can detect virus in as little as 3 minutes

Researchers in the UK say their new test is "sensitive and speedy" and could be used at airports, shops and restaurants.

www.euronews.com

Not sure if this is available commercially at this moment.

 

[Centrals]

All 4,000 beds used in Pattani field hospitals

Almost all the 4,000 beds in field hospitals across Pattani are now occupied due to a spike in Covid-19 infections, the provincial Public Health Office says.

www.bangkokpost.com

I know most majority foreign tourists seldom travel that far south in the Kingdom. But it is good indication that infection is still rampage in certain area. This is a highly contagious disease so it has to be dealt with quickly and effectively. No repeat of what had happened in Apr.