All visitors to Thailand require medical certificate, insurance and monitoring system

[snoop1130]

All visitors to Thailand require medical certificate, insurance and monitoring system

 

 

BANGKOK(NNT)-The government has announced that citizens of and those arriving from South Korea, Italy, Iran, as well as China and two of its territories Macau and Hong Kong, are to experience the kingdom’s most stringent screening.

 

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam announced that the government has stepped up its measures to screen all incoming passengers, while placing major emphasis on those arriving from the listed high-risk nations.

 

The new measure requires all nationalities arriving in the kingdom to show a medical certificate, issued no more than three days prior to their arrival, have purchased an insurance plan for COVID-19 and giving consent to allow authorities to install a monitoring application on their smart phone.

 

Earlier, the kingdom temporarily revoked visa free entry for ‘high-risk’ countries, namely South Korea, Italy and Hong Kong, as well as canceling eligibility for visa-on-arrival of another 18 countries. Those needing to visit the kingdom during this time will require a visa issued by a Thai Embassy abroad.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-03-17

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[petermik]

A bit late in the day I,m guessing....

[PST]

ALL Nationalities?, or the ones mentioned in the article???

[GeorgeCross]

1 minute ago, PST said:

ALL Nationalities?, or the ones mentioned in the article???

 

clickity click click click..

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

 

“ The new measure requires all nationalities arriving in the kingdom to show a medical certificate, issued no more than three days prior to their arrival, have purchased an insurance plan for COVID-19 and giving consent to allow authorities to install a monitoring application on their smart phone. “

What will be the procedure if any of these “ all nationalities “ haven’t complied ??

 

[PST]

1 minute ago, GeorgeCross said:

 

clickity click click click..

 

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[GroveHillWanderer]

I don't see any change on the Ministry of Public Health website from the announcement they made two days ago.

 

It still says that only those people coming from Disease Infected Zones  need a certificate and health insurance. Passengers from other countries still don't need these things, at least according to the MoPH site.

 

MOPH coronavirus page

 

[dave s]

14 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

giving consent to allow authorities to install a monitoring application on their smart phone.

which the visitor then deletes the instant that they step outside the airport?!?

 

"Consent to keep the phone functioning as identified at the airport, and to allow the app to remain in place," is a much different English sentence.

[Thailand]

I trust all of those countries affected  will apply the same restrictions to Thai travelers.

[GeorgeCross]

1 minute ago, dave s said:

which the visitor then deletes the instant that they step outside the airport?!?

 

"Consent to keep the phone functioning as identified at the airport, and to allow the app to remain in place," is a much different English sentence.

 

assuming said phone has roaming and visitor is prepared to pay for it

 

or can use free sim

 

assuming phone is unlocked

 

AND trusting visitor doesn't just leave phone at residence while they break quarantine

 

as usual good idea, pisspoor implementation

[GeorgeCross]

2 minutes ago, Thailand said:

I trust all of those countries affected  will apply the same restrictions to Thai travelers.

i think they already are, same restrictions to everyone, whole world is rapidly heading to full lock down

[Don Mega]

Which insurance company will cover for a known event ?

[schlog]

Which travel health insurance will cover Corona? Since beginning february it's impossible to get cover for that.

[WalkingOrders]

Can this damn thing just get on with it and morph into full blown zombie stage!!! 

[Thailand]

1 minute ago, WalkingOrders said:

Can this damn thing just get on with it and morph into full blown zombie stage!!! 

It has, hence the Thai government.

[twocatsmac]

Thailand are currently in the headless chicken stage of corona.

[GreasyFingers]

8 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

Can this damn thing just get on with it and morph into full blown zombie stage!!! 

You have been watching too many American D grade movies.

[mfd101]

14 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

i think they already are, same restrictions to everyone, whole world is rapidly heading to full lock down

Yes, Oz is closing down. DFAT has warned all Australians intending to return to Oz to do so immediately ...

[GeorgeCross]

14 minutes ago, pdtokyo said:

Phone ... dig out that obsolete old phone from the collection you keep in the third drawer at home, put it in the equivalent drawer in your AirBnB

COVID insurance cover ... NO insurance company, inside or outside Thailand is doing that, declared pandemic or any other''known" cause = nil cover

Health certificate ... best of luck getting one from anywhere

 

... this is all theatre, there'll be a new show by Friday.

 

health insurance covers it - pacific cross confirmed for me on friday

cost of testing and treatment

 

[emptypockets]

9 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Yes, Oz is closing down. DFAT has warned all Australians intending to return to Oz to do so immediately ...

Do you have a link to that? Smart traveller site doesn't say that at all. They do recommend returning soon if you choose to as commercial options (flights etc) may be harder to get soon, but there is no mention of shutting any border.

[NCC1701A]

don't forget Spain!

 

BREAKING: Spain reports 1,236 new cases of coronavirus and 149 new deaths in morning update, raising total to 11,178 cases and 491 dead

 

[drbeach]

31 minutes ago, Thailand said:

I trust all of those countries affected  will apply the same restrictions to Thai travelers.

Many have banned Thai citizens outright - this includes Israel, Bahrain and Qatar. Malaysia has banned everyone for 2 weeks.

 

Actually, Thailand should just ban everyone for 2 weeks too, to get this over and done with. Every day there is a new, more stringent requirement being announced.

 

This just keeps getting better and better. What's next, all visitors to Thailand will be quarantined for 2 weeks at a military facility?

[NCC1701A]

26 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

Can this damn thing just get on with it and morph into full blown zombie stage!!! 

no the best we can hope for is total economic collapse followed by a huge war.

[jackdd]

I couldn't find any other source for what is written in the OP.

Is this news even correct?

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, drbeach said:

Many have banned Thai citizens outright - this includes Israel, Bahrain and Qatar. Malaysia has banned everyone for 2 weeks.

 

Actually, Thailand should just ban everyone for 2 weeks too, to get this over and done with. Every day there is a new, more stringent requirement being announced.

 

This just keeps getting better and better. What's next, all visitors to Thailand will be quarantined for 2 weeks at a military facility?

 

 

Do you doubt, even for a millisecond that this option has been discussed? A good question would be "under what circumstances?"

 

 

[drbeach]

15 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Do you have a link to that? Smart traveller site doesn't say that at all. They do recommend returning soon if you choose to as commercial options (flights etc) may be harder to get soon, but there is no mention of shutting any border.

You have to cross check between what's in the news, your government's advice and IATA's country database. Requirements are changing daily. What's true today may not be the case anymore tomorrow.

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

no the best we can hope for is total economic collapse followed by a huge war.

Hrmmm.

 

Is that so outlandish? Stranger things have happened.

 

 

[drbeach]

3 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

 

 

Do you doubt, even for a millisecond that this option has not been discussed? A good question would be "under what circumstances?"

 

 

Which one...the compulsory quarantine, or the closing of borders altogether? I'm sure the latter is imminent, while the former remains a distinct possibility.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

13 minutes ago, jackdd said:

I couldn't find any other source for what is written in the OP.

Is this news even correct?

 

Found something like it on the Nation web site but info is skimpy and in point form: 

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384252

[Chazar]

19 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

no the best we can hope for is total economic collapse followed by a huge war.

and the worst case?