Thailand's re-opening "coming soon" as Anutin shows "Vaccine Passport"

[metisdead]

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[EricTh]

What about foreigners? When will they start issuing these? Are there fake ones selling on Khao San road?

[PETERTHEEATER]

6 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Interesting that the best-case reference document they could find is from 2002.

 

 

 

 

These were in use twenty years ago as a record of Smallpox inoculations where travellers required a record to enter certain countries. It makes sense to resurrect them but only if the former International agreement is still valid.

[sandrew33]

6 hours ago, scorecard said:

And not joining the modern world with a digital system/certificate which would be valuable/quickly verifiable when arriving in other countries.

 

Further, is this his own idea or does it interface with the instruction from the PM to do broad research on the subject of vaccine passports/certificates?

“Genuine copy vaccine passport” - coming to markets near you soon ????

[Davepaul]

If Thailand is the only one with this yellow book how will it help tourism 

[Surasak]

Thailand's re-opening "coming Soon".

You can clearly see the greed in their eyes. 

[DavisH]

1 hour ago, miamiman123 said:

Yes in Issan 

Impossible...Immigration offices up there would be overrun. There may be  few million if you include all migrant labour. 

From Thaivisa in 2019

[Surasak]

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

What is a-NUT-in's definition of soon? Its normally used to refer to a short time.

Well? There's plenty of short time goes on in Thailand????

[Kwasaki]

6 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Can't stand him but a vaccine passport is, actually, the only way to go so we can get our lives back.

Lives back from where or what.

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, bermondburi said:

Nobody is going to be carrying around little yellow books. There will be an internationally recognised app with a QR code to scan etc. 

 

Where i am, there already is an app showing information, immunisation status, ID number, photo, blood type etc. 

 

A vaccine passport will be very similar. Countries that don't have the technology to scan a QR code will soon get the technology to scan a QR code. 

 

Thailand will follow what the rest of the world does regarding this. 

 

 

Agreed....  Other countries already have this...  

Ehteraz - Qatar with a recent edition this past couple of weeks with the vaccination details. 

It seems the Middle East nations are leading the way with these applications. 

 

It doesn’t take much to include the vaccination details to the Thailand Plus application and roll it out across the nation. 

 

Of course - the issue then becomes International recognition - its fine to have an App which is accepted internally, but getting 100’s of nations to agree in one single international application is going to be a bureaucratic  nightmare !

 

International Proof of vaccination is the stumbling block - perhaps the Yellow Vaccination Booklet will be accepted, internationally and that information has to be put into an App (individual to each nation) and verified upon port of entry [just a thought of how this may work].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KKr]

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

It's a normal yellow book and has been around for decades. I've had the exact same one for about 25 years. 

 

It is needed to show proof of yellow fever and flu vaccinations to enter most countries in West Africa. 

ditto, got mine issued in 1986. 
not really verifiable to a digital world standard.
Nevertheless, the big question now is where I put it ?

[richard_smith237]

14 minutes ago, Davepaul said:

If Thailand is the only one with this yellow book how will it help tourism 

 

Aw gawddddd.... How hard is it to read the thread before you reply ??? ... come on... read the thread... go on.. back a few pages at least !!! 

 

This is an INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED DOCUMENT which is already in existence and has been for many years !!! 

 

(yes, that was shouting - so many people are reading the headline on this thread and have tripped over themselves in making the assumption that Thailand has just ‘created’ its own international document’ !!! ) 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Certificate_of_Vaccination_or_Prophylaxis

[sandyf]

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

It's a normal yellow book and has been around for decades. I've had the exact same one for about 25 years. 

 

It is needed to show proof of yellow fever and flu vaccinations to enter most countries in West Africa. 

I had a vaccination card when I was at school in the mid 50's. Seem to remember things like polio, BCG, whooping cough, smallpox etc. being on it. Travel not much of an issue.

Good job there was no social media and anti vax garbage around then.

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, bermondburi said:

Nobody is going to be carrying around little yellow books. There will be an internationally recognised app with a QR code to scan etc. 

 

Where i am, there already is an app showing information, immunisation status, ID number, photo, blood type etc. 

 

A vaccine passport will be very similar. Countries that don't have the technology to scan a QR code will soon get the technology to scan a QR code. 

 

Thailand will follow what the rest of the world does regarding this. 

 

In Australia, every vaccine jab is automatically/instantly recorded on the recipient's Medicare online records (free Medicare in Aust. same as NHS in the UK). Card owner can easily transfer the details to their smartphone or print the details. Airlines, immigration in arrival country etc., can easily & quickly  access the details to confirm the passenger has had the full vaccine. 

[multatuli]

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

It's a normal yellow book and has been around for decades. I've had the exact same one for about 25 years. 

 

It is needed to show proof of yellow fever and flu vaccinations to enter most countries in West Africa. 

I think most farangs have one, no? It's just a Thai copy-copy of the standard international one

[BritManToo]

Just now, sandyf said:

Good job there was no social media and anti vax garbage around then.

I've been avoiding vaccinations since 1969, not really anti-vax as I don't care what other people do..

Didn't think there were enough vaccines in the 1950s to make it an issue back then.

But they've piled them on since.

[SymS]

I already have this type of book for my other vaccines. Same colors.

[barney42bb]

No Hologram... Biometric insert... Barcode or QR Code.... Should be a doddle for any aspiring Counterfeit wannabe.

 

What could possibly go wrong???

[Thomas Hannah]

A minimum of 5% the vacine does not work.Also many have covid with no symtoms.It only takes a few to spread covid.So having a card to say you have been vacinated .will not stop a outbreak of some kind.insurance companys know this .so covid insurance will be high.Better to continue to try and stay safe.Dont let your guard down.

[Mavideol]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand's re-opening "coming soon" as Anutin shows "Vaccine Passport"

Pathetic,  that's what it is 

[tandor]

...why..why..why doesn't the WHO take this thing by the scruff of the neck and issue such a document.

 

[maddermax]

So what about farangs?  Not much use if we don’t get a certificate of some form. 

[lizardofoz]

I am glad the document was not lost in translation as some are, and they didn't write prophylactic ????

 

[vandeventer]

50 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I've been avoiding vaccinations since 1969, not really anti-vax as I don't care what other people do..

Didn't think there were enough vaccines in the 1950s to make it an issue back then.

But they've piled them on since.

 Why don't they just stamp it in your passport their good at that?

[OldPedro]

This looks exactly like the vaccine passport we had as kids in Australia, in the 1960's.....Well done Thailand

[hobobo]

7 hours ago, scorecard said:

...several million... ?

 

 

Has me baffled too. It was just under 900,000 a couple of days ago, and that includes farang workers who may be in Thailand for a year or two and then move on

[Millcx]

7 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Can't stand him but a vaccine passport is, actually, the only way to go so we can get our lives back.

Why ... Are you Thai 5555 You ain’t getting one

[terryofcrete]

Can’t see anything in this to help us get back . it will be open for Thais to leave and travel ... nothing about vaccinated people getting in before everyone is vaccinated in Thailand ? when will that happen ....

[Burma Bill]

Here is mine, from visits to Thailand pre-2000 (published previously):-

 

[Speedhump]

Surely that passport should be required of the VISITORS?