How the State screens Thais arriving from abroad

[snoop1130]

How the State screens Thais arriving from abroad

 

 

Thailand has been working to repatriate Thais stranded abroad. Once they arrive, however, all must pass stringent health screening, followed by 14 days in quarantine, to safeguard those already in the country.

 

Arriving in the Kingdom, every passenger must go through stringent screening.

 

Officials will welcome them on arrival, then brief them regarding the required stay at a State Quarantine Center for a period of 14 days.

 

Everyone will need to go through the normal immigration processes, then complete a form providing their home address and any congenital disorder the passenger might have, to comply with the Ministry of Public Health’s regulations.

 

Next, all arrivals need to install and register a monitoring application on their mobile phones. Once completed, their body temperature is checked. If it exceeds 37.5oC, the individual will need to take a short rest prior to rechecking. If the temperature still exceeds the limit, they will immediately be sent to hospital to be tested for COVID-19. If the result is negative, they will be quarantined for the standard 14 days.

 

Those whose temperature is under 37.5oC will proceed to collect their checked-in luggage. Between the first check-point and the luggage collection area, everyone will pass through numerous thermal scanners, to make sure that their body temperature remains below the set level.

 

After everyone has collected their luggage, authorities will take all passengers to the State Quarantine Facility by bus. Before boarding the bus, both the person and baggage will be sprayed with disinfectant. Arriving at the quarantine facility, individuals attend another briefing, and undergo another temperature check. Each individual will be given a separate room, but families who wish to stay together, must sign a consent form.

 

The entire process, from disembarking from the aircraft to entering quarantine, takes approximately three hours.

 

The teams working to screen incoming passengers, despite being at high risk, have expressed their dedication in controlling the spread of COVID-19. The teams also protect themselves, so they will not spread the disease.

 

Screening at Suvarnabhumi airport continues to be stringent, following a visit by the Minister attached to the Prime Ministers’ Office, Tewan Liptapallop. The Minister offered moral support and said that, despite the closure of the country’s air traffic, there are still Thais abroad who wish to return home.

 

“It’s rather an intensive procedure, we are dealing with those at risk and need to quarantine them for 14 days. Once at the accommodation, Public Health Officers will check arrivals again and, once in the facility, their relatives will not be able to visit, other than to deliver items to those quarantined. So only a phone call will be possible. Looking at the processes to pass through immigration and leaving the airport, soldiers will take care of these processes. We can rest assured that the measures in place will enable people to feel that we maintain the highest standards,” said the Minister.

 

Despite the generally decreasing number of infections being found, infections among inbound Thais is increasing and this demands increased security measures to make sure that citizens within the country can rest assured that all Thais returning from abroad will be strictly screened and checked before being released to their families.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2020-04-17

 

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[RotBenz8888]

3 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

The entire process, from disembarking from the aircraft to entering quarantine, takes approximately three hours

At what kind of quaranten will they be incarcenated? 

[ukrules]

They really need antibody tests as soon as they become widely available.

 

People who have had it already and have antibodies present could be released without any need for quarantine.

 

Edited April 17, 2020 by ukrules

[Phulublub]

15 hours ago, ukrules said:

They really need antibody tests as soon as they become widely available.

 

People who have had it already and have antibodies present could be released without any need for quarantine.

 

Maybe.  As long as the antibody test is 100% accurate with no false negatives, and they have established that those who have had the virus, and have antibodies, are also not still shedding virus (which I undertstand happens for anas yet undetermined period following recovery).  Perhaps best to quarantine them for 14 days in any case....

 

PH

[rak sa_ngop]

There was an interesting article in the BP a few days ago suggesting the use of a pooled testing technique. Basically pool the blood from a group of people and test for Covid-19. If the test is negative then all people in the group are negative. If the result is positive then they can then break the group down into smaller numbers and retest, or retest individuals. This way you can reduce the number of tests required significantly.

[natway09]

At least they are trying to prevent spread.

Tourism doomed until October ?

 

[Laza 45]

21 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

At what kind of quaranten will they be incarcenated? 

They have hotels ready to accept them.. and a military pilot training base that has suitable accommodation..

 

PS.. How to enable spell check..  https://help.zolasuite.com/portal/kb/articles/how-do-i-enable-spell-check-for-google-chrome

 

[AlbionBob]

Anybody have any experience of this, or know anyone who has ??

 

My Thai wife and her daughter, currently in Uk, were due to go back earlier this week after several weeks, but of course their flights were cancelled.  Emirates have confirmed that they can rebook in due course. 

It seems that they will have to quarantine for 14 days.  Apparently, only 200 a day are being allowed back in to their own country, which means that the quarantine arrangements will need to have 2800 beds available.

Presumably, there must be about 5 buses every day leaving Swampy for the quarantine facility.  My questions are:

 

1.  Who pays the "hotel" bill ?

2. Where are these quarantine arrangements ?  In Bangkok ?  In the country  ?

3.  Who pays for their food ?

4.  Will they have access to wi-fi to contact family and friends ?

 

My wife and daughter have been in lockdown England for four weeks with no sign of any symptoms, so that they could only be infected on the journey home, which would not show up on arrival.  This seems to be complete overkill, given the small numbers of infected in Thailand !

 

[cardinalblue]

And Some Americans in the usa are having problems that they must wear a mask in public...

 

ex pats here always complain about America is a nanny state...

 

talk about authoritarian control... democracies haven’t done well in controlling the virus with exceptions like NZ...

 

 

[djayz]

2 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

And Some Americans in the usa are having problems that they must wear a mask in public...

 

ex pats here always complain about America is a nanny state...

 

talk about authoritarian control... democracies haven’t done well in controlling the virus with exceptions like NZ...

 

 

This particular virus really doesn't cares about the political situation or form of government in place. In fact, I don't think it even cares much about borders, race, religion, nationalities, etc.  

[Stargeezr]

Wow, some people still believe the small numbers to be the truth.  Wow!

Geezer

[treetops]

19 hours ago, AlbionBob said:

My wife and daughter have been in lockdown England for four weeks with no sign of any symptoms, so that they could only be infected on the journey home, which would not show up on arrival.

Just been listening to a doc on the telly saying this is not necessarily the case.  If they have been shopping and picked up a basket, or pushed a trolley, which an infected person has left the virus on, they could have it and not display symptoms yet.  With shopping being allowed under lockdown, this could easily happen.