lordblackader

I'm not the one referencing a banned publication here ???? All the data can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/chiangmaihealth/

The current capacity as of yesterday below. White/right hand side shows % available and full number of beds in each category. It's not good but not quite as bad as the Post made out.

Please tell me that was recently. I want to go back to Huay Tung Tao but without the ability to have a drink, it's not worth the drive.

If still open, Da Antonio is you want somewhere romantic with the Mrs with good food and service.

Except for when they decide to arrest you anyway. It might be rare but it can happen.

Pizza Plus with Eve & Sine in Doi Saket.

How can they be lifting a "curfew" in Chiang Mai when Chiang Mai never had a curfew?

Treasure Condo in the Chiang Mai Business Park.

Vaccinated or test to enter is the official rules. That said, driving you'll likely not be checked. The checkpoint on the Superhighway has now been dismantled.

The Four and Twenty pies in Rimping are insanely expensive. You can order pies Aussie pies from Tinnies Pies in Jomtien and get them shipped to Chiang Mai. Really good authentic pies and sausage rolls and a decent size.

Not a great example - there's never been 25,000 cases in Chiang Mai. It only ticked over 8,000 total this week. Why would Chiang Mai want Bangkok's cases? there's only so many beds to go around. This time, as opposed to April, we've been lucky.

Semantics perhaps but there was never a formal ban. The government prohibited inter-provincial transport options to limit the spread but you could still travel between provinces, some with their own testing and/or quarantine requirements. Taxi/transport drivers made a killing in August - they were charging 6,000 baht up to 10,000 baht for a one way drive to and from Chiang Mai nd Bangkok.

It has never been a "grey zone" - it's a legal requirement that if you're working in Thailand you need an appropriate visa and work permit. Do authorities care that much if you're working online for a foreign company - no, you can even read what the Chiang Mai Employment Office says about it. But when they care it's still 100% illegal - enjoy the jail time. Rare but it has happened.

Where did you get 50 and up from? that was last week. The shots on Monday are 45 and up. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChiangMaiNewsinEnglish/posts/894178364571846/

Really depends on the province. Lamphun was offering Pfizer through Expatvac to 12 years olds and up last week. Surat Thani is offering it to teens now as well. Here in Chiang Mai they've started 55 and up and 40 and up is supposed to come possibly later this week. Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket have been 40 and up for weeks and possibly lower now.

Don't have a condo but a house with a pool - swim every day except during cold season - the water gets too cold for my liking in December and January in Chiang Mai.

Hear you on a smaller device but you don't have to actually use a Kindle to access the Kindle Unlimited service. I've got a cheap Chinese Android tablet, 10.5-inches with the Kindle app installed and its just the right size.

Airline run by morons. Basic rubbish mask with a valve may not offer protection but a properly rated N95 or similar mask with a valve does. Here's also what the CDC says: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/respirator-use-faq.html Yes, an N95 filtering facepiece respirator will protect you and provide source control to protect others. A NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator with an exhalation valve offers the same protection to the wearer as one that does not have a valve. As source control, findings from NIOSH research suggest that, even without covering the valve, N95 respirators with exhalation valves provide the same or better source control than surgical masks, procedure masks, cloth masks, or fabric coverings. In general, individuals wearing NIOSH-approved N95s with an exhalation valve should not be asked to use one without an exhalation valve or to cover it with a face covering or mask. However, NIOSH-approved N95 respirators with an exhalation valve are not fluid resistant. Therefore, in situations where a fluid resistant respirator is indicated (e.g., in surgical settings), individuals should wear a surgical N95 or, if a surgical N95 is not available, cover their respirator with a surgical mask or a face shield. Be careful not to compromise the fit of the respirator when placing a facemask over the respirator.

TAT is delusional. For Chiang Mai to reopen there has to be 70% fully vaccinated. They're not even at 35% first shot yet with just over a month to go.

Because the deal was that the 150,000 Pfizer shots out of the 1.5m donated by the U.S. would go to foreigners who live here. To ascertain if someone is living here, visa required. Before someone goes that the US government is on the record as saying that there was no such deal, does anyone really think that the Thai government would offer that Pfizer to foreigners from the goodness of their own heart? the reason the program was run by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and not Health speaks volumes that there was an under the table deal.

Restaurants have been open for months but with no alcohol - this isn't new. Gyms have been open as well. The only thing new is the sports stadium part and them being somewhat more generous with opening hours. Anyone who lives in CM knows that. Clearly, Asean Now writers don't live here and have no idea.

Would nice to get one but just about impossible in Chiang Mai under 60 without preexisting conditions for being overweight.

Sinopharm is in Chiang Mai but you can't just walk-in or make a phone call to get one. You either get it through an employer (if the employer is part of the scheme) or you sign up through the occasional offers advertised by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy. The number of Sinopharm shots given in Chiang Mai is in the official stats - even if you don't read Thai, the vaccines are labeled in English. This is as of yesterday.