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On 10/12/2021 at 4:47 PM, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Thailand's strict entry requirements had kept COVID-19 infection numbers low until this year, but at a huge loss to jobs and revenues in its vital tourism sector.

Utter garbage, reported numbers were low because of extremely miniscule testing and the ludicrous no test no have policy.

The entry door was shut long after the Chinese Covid 19 filly had bolted and run amok amongst the population 

Phuket expects 100k per month and Pattaya 50k, with Hua Hin also aiming for 25k and now Cha am weighs in at 1k ,,,,,, not going to be a lot of change from the 976 actual monthly arrivals.

Miniscule testing, ineffective vaccines for much of the population, dubious reporting, Covid far from declining is absolutely rampant across the nation.

Dick heads solution is open the country up for one almighty free for all!

Let the hunger games begin !!

If Covid carnage ensues it will be blamed on the millions  hundreds of arriving tourists.

4 hours ago, smedly said:

and the detail left out is that most of these got infected locally in Phuket - they did not arrive with covid, they really are good at twisting the truth and blame which is extremely unhelpful

Exactly covid is rampant among the only partially vaccinated and miniscule tested population, not amongst fully vaccinated and extensively tested tourists.

The locals dealing with tourists should face two weeks quarantine and extensive tests.

But Thailand steers away from and often ignores harsh reality......maybe why many of us came here in the first place.????

If you havent had the Covid experience yet come have a holiday in Thailand.

We try not to test the general population and ignore antigen test results anyway and give most of the peasants you will meet Sinovac, not effective against the current virus strains which will be available at most locations 24 hours a day ......but not alcohol!

The land of denial, delusion and endemic Covid complacency welcomes you!

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Thailand on Monday (October 11) reported 12,298 new COVID-19 cases, 10,590 recoveries and 84 additional deaths over the past 24 hours. 

     2263   antigen tests

◼︎ 10,590 recoveries

◼︎ 9,955 new infections 

◼︎ 80 prison / prison infections

1 hour ago, MrJ2U said:

unqualified people trying to make a profit over the well being of Thai Society as a whole.

An excellent description of the clowns who have seized control and tenaciously hold on to it.

4 hours ago, John Drake said:

So, I got mine. I can fly. I don't care about anybody else.

im alright Jack, why bother to post that you dont care about anybody else.

Karma can be harsh and often unexpected.

On 10/9/2021 at 8:12 AM, internationalism said:

but all airlines require tests before boarding their planes. Some would accept atk's from hospital, clinic and fit to fly certificate

Is that right? if you are flying direct to the Uk say with Thai airways they will insist on negative Covid PCR and fit to fly certificate although neither mandatory for the UK Gov.

Utter Boll@x!

UK testing 1 million people per day versus Thailand"s 40,000.

So if the 40k a day tests in Thailand is correct and with todays figures combined of 20k positives thats a healthy 50% positive rate or 25% if you ignore antigens as is a current trend.

Yes come on down Brits no drinks and we shut at 9pm but COVID available everywhere 24 hrs from our willing population largely vaccinated with Sinovac mostly ineffective against the latest Delta variant.

19 minutes ago, Cherrytreeview said:

TVF twisting of the facts at it's finest.

No no no! they couldnt possibly do that could they?  so hard to believe! just look at how the daily figures are presented with .......mmmm total clarity ????

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Are their still some basic covid insurance policies for less than 2k that will get you 200ks worth of cover or more? They may no longer be available?

Could make it a condition of returning to on premises teacher instead of online that you are covered for covid treatment by the school or the agency you work for.

4 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

Seemingly, we have reverted back to the smoke and mirrors policy that was pretty evident during the early staged of this outbreak.

Got to get those Tourists somehow

So true!

The extremely negligent, ludicrous charade covid management policies of the last two years.

11 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

I transfer from my CC to wise account..sterling..  a few seconds..then convert to Thai money...a few seconds...then transfer to my Thai account...overnight..

Thanks it does seem to be possible with CC deposit, will try and convert my friend away from WU with their outrageous exchange rates.

2 minutes ago, murraynz said:

I transfer regularly from my NZ bank accounts, to my Thai bank accounts, never any problem. 

I will try with my NZ visa card shortly.. 

Thanks, NZ credit card to a wise account out to a third party Thai bank account ?

Let us know if wise accept the funding from the NZ credit card?

Thanks.

2 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Are AZ vaxes from Thailand accepted

Travel Update: 47 countries and territories removed from red list - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Break down in the above gov page, looks like Astra Zenaca two jab certificate from Thailand is accepted now by Uk gov.

22 minutes ago, superal said:

but I think you are not quite correct when you say " no restrictions other than a lateral flow test on day 2 " cos that comes in at the end of October , please read attached link for your opinion 

Yep your right they are holding a couple of weeks for the change to a lateral flow test antigen day 2

so at the moment if you fly in 5 days etc its a day 2 pcr.

The pack up and go return to a freezing cold Uk is stressful enough but this is a massive boost to be able to book a flight and go if you need to get out of here in a hurry.

Great news like the door is no longer locked ......