Thailand may reduce quarantine to 7 days, meeting to confirm next Monday
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The Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said that the National Communicable Disease Committee proposed two guidelines when the country reopens its borders, to help spur the economy. The first is the use of vaccine passports to enable people who have been inoculated to travel abroad. The…
The government has unveiled its “area quarantine” plan to open Thailand to foreign tourists from next month
The government has unveiled its “area quarantine” plan to open Thailand to foreign tourists from next month Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said area quarantine will be piloted in 5 provinces popular with foreign tourists – Chiang Mai, Phuket, Krabi, Surat Thani and Chon Buri. He said tourists will…
Both Bhumibol Bridges Will Be Partially Closed for Road Resurfacing
Both Bhumibol bridges over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok will be partially closed to traffic overnight for road resurfacing from March 15-Sept 30. The Department of Rural Roads has asked motorists to avoid using the bridges from 10pm and 5am during the six-month period. The Department said the…
Government Considers Future Use of Covid-19 Passports
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the government will look into the future use of Covid-19 passports. He has ordered the Foreign Ministry to conduct a study into the adoption of Covid-19 vaccine passports in preparation for future travel under the “new normal” that is currently being discussed in other countries….
No Evidence to Show Thai Bats Cause Covid-19
Thai researchers have insisted that the coronavirus found in a horseshoe bat population in Chachoengsao province last year is not a strain that is transmissible to humans, after several reports suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic may have originated in Thailand. Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, a researcher with the Thai Red Cross Emerging…
10 Groups of People Are Prohibited from Receiving Sinovac Vaccine
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has received 66,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine allotted by the government and had started inoculating the target groups since Monday. Deputy Bangkok governor Sophon Phisutthiwong said medical professionals will be the first group to receive the vaccine. The second group will be public health volunteers,…