Provinces raise COVID-19 checks as New Year travels protocol

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Many provinces have reinstated COVID-19 precautionary protocols for travelers during this New Year holiday, when many people are expected to visit their hometowns or make a trip somewhere. Passengers at bus stations are now being screened for symptoms before being allowed to travel.

 

Ahead of the expected passenger surge later this week, Khon Kaen Bus Station 2 has installed COVID-19 passenger screening stations manned by staff members around the clock, to detect any passengers arriving from other provinces with suspicious symptoms; they will immediately be required to quarantine.

 

Similarly in Bueng Kan, local authorities have prepared the processing of travelers expected to arrive during the New Year holidays, with an emphasis on disease screening and investigation of all travelers from at-risk areas, with an immediate hospitalization protocol for travelers who have a fever or any suspicious symptoms.

 

The province is encouraging all passengers to strictly comply with COVID-19 preventative measures, by always wearing a mask onboard throughout their journey, cleaning their hands frequently, practicing social distancing, and checking-in on the Thai Chana platform. Transport carriers should ensure the preparedness of the vehicles, with proper cabin disinfection, and a temperature check of drivers and service staff before each service.

 

New Year is one of the holiday periods where the highest number of domestic jouneys is usually recorded. That number this year is expected to be significantly hampered due to COVID-19.

 

In Yala, schools in the province still open as usual, however with extra health and safety measures implemented to limit the spread of COVID-19.

 

Students are required to wear a face covering, pass through a body temperature checkpoint, clean their hands, and step on a tray of disinfectant before entering the campus. Alcohol hand sanitizers are provided in front of each classroom, while seating has been rearranged for better social distancing.

 

Information regarding self-prevention measures against COVID-19 are constantly promoted by schools to their students to help maintain an awareness.

 

 

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So temp checks. Does very little really as people are highly infectious before being symptomatic i.e. presymptomatic and asymptomatic also will not be caught. As for mask wearing it's very effective IF people wear masks properly and use hygiene protocol. Will this (NY) be a super spreading event? Testing once again although higher than the first time is still very low by international standards. Again true figures will not be known.

Edited December 29, 20205 yr by dinsdale

They should have impose quarantine measures for ALL inter province travel a week ago. Now we'll have an outbreak that will last 3 or 4 months at least. It could have been done and dusted by end of January if strong measures had been enforced without warning before the New year exodus.