Sunderland

Tough luck if you are Russian. Same for people from my country, the UK. If the UK comes unstuck one day, then we can only blame those who voted for idiots like Boris Johnson to lead the country.

Is your hero Putin or Patrick Lancaster???

If you can't afford to live in Thailand, you probably can't afford to go home.

BREAKING: Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, cancels all international flights from March 8. So anyone flying with Aeroflot has 3 days to leave Thailand or risk being stuck and then detained at the pleasure of Thailand's immigration police for overstaying their visa.

I hope they were wearing masks and following all the government's Covid-19 protocols.

Exactly. Quite a lot of the older football grounds in England were like that when I was a young 'un.

To be fair that happens in the UK in some rough neighbourhoods.

Regional lockdowns in each region, but not a national lockdown.

A dancing buffalo or a ribless pig dancing around a gogo pole would be more appropriate.

Israel tells the world to hold its new year beer. Hey guys, here comes Flurona!!

The only people I know in Thailand who have tested positive for COVID did so in the last 2 weeks and then only did a rapid test at home. They certainly didn't report their result to the government. I am sure there are countless other people in the same boat. They lost their sense of smell and taste and had a definitive cough despite being fully vaccinated. There is absolutely no accuracy in any numbers pushed out for public consumption in Thailand. Not only COVID. Happily, the milder Omicron variant will most probably sweep through Thailand and the rest of the world in a couple of months and hopefully not mutate into anything more severe.

If the numbers are going to be cooked anyway, it's likely Phuket. Before the tourist invasion in November/December, I would guess 50% of foreigners wore masks. Now, around 10%. Gotta feel sorry for all the Thais working in the tourist industry who are duty bound to wear masks 24-7 while their foreign customers shout, yell and cough in their faces. Masks may well do very little against the spread of Omicron, but it would be nice if everyone were allowed to enjoy the benefits of fresh air and not just arrogant tourists.

Emergency vaccine = neverending boosters Come on you need a 3rd, 4th booster. What do you mean some people in developing countries haven't even had a 1st shot? What do you mean they are not getting sick and dying? Hush! Boost! Boost! You need more of this emergency "vaccine". What do you mean colds,. fevers and flu are less common than 3 years ago? Hush!!!

Thanks, but no thanks. You can test your emergency vaccines on me or any other adults, but not my children.

Catch up. Nineteen now. Five more on flights arriving in Phuket in the last 24 hours or so. Still, better than Cambodia. They have recorded only 63 cases of COVID in the last 7 days, but 21 have died. Maybe their testing is different. Perhaps they just whack you on the head if you test positive.

I'm class! You're class! She's classy as owt.

Oh, bloody hell. Not again. Who forgot to wear their mask this time? Was it Latvian Lenny or Danish Dave? Come on guys, stop letting the rest of the "whities" down. Belarussian Bob and Slovenian Sid always wear their masks, just like Samui Somchai and Phichit Prayut.

Sure, it is.

Bloomin bizarre as always. Half of Thailand has never heard of Andrea Bocelli and the other half think he is an Italian footballer or Andrea is a woman. Seriously, you can count the number of opera lovers in Thailand on one finger, let alone a hand.

Why? They did at our school most of last year. I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old who can manage to keep a mask on whenever they are asked to do so. Give kids some credit.

That will last 2 days.

I agree. I have been to Nepal and Tibet. The concept of Buddhism is very different here in Thailand. To me it seems much more commercial and superstitious here.

Buy a louder sound system than his and play really creepy, spooky ghost music or anything else that would put local people off going there. He won't stay around long if his business fails.

I don't know. I suffer from delusion.

Who in their right mind will book a holiday when there is a possibility of getting a false PCR test result on arrival and being thrown into mandatory solitary confinement for two weeks? Plenty of other better options for travelers from Europe, the USA, Japan, Australia, India or anyone else in the world. I'm not a drinker, but many people enjoy a drink with their meal or after their meal. More chance of that in Dubai than Bangkok.