Thailand targets reopening within 120 days as economy flounders

[khaowong1]

I'll believe it when I see it.  

[CANSIAM]

Great news for the folks abroad, no more Embassy COE required come mid October ? 

[itsari]

Covid extensions will remain for as long as the economy needs the extra money .

[ChipButty]

Will he still be PM after 120 days?

[Excel]

Just now, ChipButty said:

Will he still be PM after 120 days?

Why not ? he is bringing immense happiness to the people throughout the land. So much so that my Father-in-Law has just named a new born calf Prayuth after him (true) as it was a male so hence not of much use or value to the family ????????

[vandeventer]

9 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So now I know that that how long is a piece of string analogy I uses only has 120 more days until we find its end.  Who wants in on the bet that the 120 days is overshot.....anyone.....yeah I think so too......

Strange ,how he picked 120 days, that's the time a lot of people are getting their second shot of the AZ vaccine. There might be a lot of over do things going on in 120 days.

 

[BestB]

I am unsure how they still calling Phuket as opening when tourists required to stay for 14 days in government approved hotels while all bars and many other businesses are closed

[Skeptic7]

Should never have shut down to begin with. The long term damage is done. Reopen in 120 days or tomorrow...recover (maybe) in 120 months. 

[cardinalblue]

Thailand rarely ever meets any goals...why would this one be any different? Oct opening ain’t happening...

[eeworldwide]

So at last the penny has dropped.

 

Im afraid that lifting all restrictions and allowing tourists to return, maybe fraught with disappointment.

Thailand has suffered irreparable damage over the last year and thousands of businesses have been lost.

 The buzz of Bangkok has evaporated along with most nightlife.

 

It will take months, if not years, for the tourist engine to begin again and for businesses be restored.  Mass tourism will not return.

Thousands of hotels are rotting away and can't be properly re-opened.

 

Whilst the PM in his desperation sees that the handling of covid has been appalling, he may think again when there's a massive 3rd or 4th wave. 

 

People won't come here unless everyone's been vaccinated - and who wants to visit a country thats barely functioning because of a faltering economy?

 

Plus - watch local prices soar as people try to claw back as much money as possible....

[the green light]

local vaccination and fully vaccinated tourists don't go hand in hands.

We know for a  fact that fully vaccinated people cannot be infected.. so why quarantine fully vaccinated tourists?

 

and Thai people will be partials vaccinated and still has to wait for 16 weeks to get the second dosage? how that is going to work? it is not related.

 

Thailand should just opens the country for fully vaccinated tourists with no quarantine and for the useless  covid 19 health insurance.

 

 

 

[RR2020]

The Sinovac vaccine is not very effective against the Delta variant.

 

And now the Delta variant is spreading all over Thailand.  There is going to be 2 or 3 months of increasing infections now.

 

And the point missed by many.......... it seems clear to me a majority of Thai's do not want the vaccine.  So they may not even get to 50% with the 1st jab by October.

 

And for all those who claim this is nonsense.......watch the vaccination figures slow right down once the vaccine hungry people are all done.

 

I am sure in around 6 to 8 weeks there will be many reports of "double Sinovac vaccinated people getting Delta Covid".  Wait and see.  More lockdowns coming imo, and all opening plans will be pushed back.

[inThailand]

120 days? 

 

Thai math again? A zero is missing. 

[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

target could only be met if the vaccines are delivered according to the committed schedules

Yes the delivery trucks must follow the detour signs on Hwy 7 and 34 heading East out of Bangkok towards Pattaya, to take them back via the nearest U-Turn.

Edited June 17, 2021 by jacko45k

[RR2020]

1 minute ago, the green light said:

local vaccination and fully vaccinated tourists don't go hand in hands.

We know for a  fact that fully vaccinated people cannot be infected.. so why quarantine fully vaccinated tourists?

 

and Thai people will be partials vaccinated and still has to wait for 16 weeks to get the second dosage? how that is going to work? it is not related.

 

Thailand should just opens the country for fully vaccinated tourists with no quarantine and for the useless  covid 19 health insurance.

 

 

 

OMG

 

Fully vaccinated people can be infected, can die, can spread Covid-19.

 

That is the fact.

 

Reduced chance, but still very much 100% vaccinated people can get Covid, can spread Covid, can be in hospital for Covid and can die of Covid.

[RR2020]

They are trying hard to say that if you have the vaccine and get the Delta variant it protects you........yes it does.

 

But they fail to say that fully vaccinated people have died and also in hospital in ICU who have the Delta variant.

 

It protects........but not 100%.....and in fact......the protection is quite diminished against the Delta, and thats with Pfizer and AZ.   The Sinovac is even greater reduction in efficacy.

 

 

Fully vaccinated people have gotten the Delta COVID variant. Should we be worried? - Macleans.ca

 

..

[mtls2005]

PM tells us we can't wait for everyone to be vaccinated - after claiming that was possible by 1 Oct or 1 Jan (22) - and that have to take risks.

 

Of course he's fully vaccinated. With the good stuff (AZ/import varietal).

 

Way to lead herr general.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dialemco]

Let's see how many tourists come to Phuket. My personal opinion is very few as the costs involved are tremendous the airfares 

 

 alone have tripuled  with the airlines that I checked then the hotels I suspect their prices will have also increased then the App data in Thailand using foreign SIMS is far more than for Thai's but most phones are locked to foreign networks. then the monsoon really not the best time to visit Thailand.   Obviously any one wanting to enter Thailand for personal family matters or business Phuket model is far more attractive than quarantine in Bangkok but there again the actual costs are far greater

[wensiensheng]

6 minutes ago, the green light said:

local vaccination and fully vaccinated tourists don't go hand in hands.

We know for a  fact that fully vaccinated people cannot be infected.. so why quarantine fully vaccinated tourists?

 

and Thai people will be partials vaccinated and still has to wait for 16 weeks to get the second dosage? how that is going to work? it is not related.

 

Thailand should just opens the country for fully vaccinated tourists with no quarantine and for the useless  covid 19 health insurance.

 

 

 

Because we DONT know for a fact that fully vaccinated people can’t be infected. In fact, we know the opposite. Full vaccination lessens the chance of infection considerably, it does not eliminate it.

 

apart from that, I think you are correct. If the world doesn’t accept the very low level of risk associated with full vaccination, when can it ever open? The issue is for those people not yet vaccinated. There are still too many of them.

 

if all residents of Phuket are vaccinated, all tourists are vaccinated, then you create a bubble, that is as good as it gets. Why not do that? Because they are rushing that’s why. Can’t be bothered to wait to get their own residents in Phuket vaccinated.

[jacko45k]

8 minutes ago, RR2020 said:

It protects........but not 100%.....and in fact......the protection is quite diminished against the Delta, and thats with Pfizer and AZ.   The Sinovac is even greater reduction in efficacy.

 

The Pfizer-BioNTech jab was found to provide 79% protection against infection from the Delta variant, compared with 92% against the Alpha strain,

The Oxford-AstraZeneca jab offered 60% protection against infection with the Delta variant - compared with 73% for the Alpha variant.

Sky News

 

Over 50% is regarded as a suitable vaccine. 

Edited June 17, 2021 by jacko45k

[brucegoniners]

He sounds more like the big orange blob every single day...

[mtls2005]

5 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

 

if all residents of Phuket are vaccinated,

 

"If"? Or "when"?

 

Statistics for the vaccination in Phuket: where 61.26% of the population have had their first jab and 28.10% their second jab. In Samui it is 45.94% and 21.01%.

 

 

The PM basically surrendered, saying they can't wait for everyone to be vaccinated, so that Phuket "target" will not be hit. Maybe one dose? Or a wave of an empty vaccine vial in the direction of local workers.

 

[BestB]

26 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Should never have shut down to begin with. The long term damage is done. Reopen in 120 days or tomorrow...recover (maybe) in 120 months. 

 

Reopen in 120 days with at least 80% of hotels are gone, just as many bars and restaurants and all other shops.

 

People closed down because do not have money to keep going, doubt they will be rushing back to open up again and invest few million again o start again

 

Only ones standing are multinationals, which means your cheapest hotel room will be 2500 if you lucky

[ThailandRyan]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

“I know this decision comes with some risks because, when we open the country, there will be an increase in infections, no matter how good our precautions may be, but I think, when we consider the economic needs of people, the time has now come for us to take a calculated risk. The priorities for our country must now advance to the next level,” he added.

Time to spread the "Love", and full speed ahead.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The country was ahead of target in securing 105.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccine for this year, and would seek more supplies next year, Prayuth said in a nationally televised speech.

Really... so if ahead why the apology?

[hotchilli]

8 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Time to spread the "Love", and full speed ahead.

On the good ship " Amazing Thailand"

[Tarteso]

Then, after 120 days…you can have sex…
 

 

Thailand’s Heath Department has recommended that lovers and spouses avoid sex,

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Strange how they are moving to secure many of these vaccines from abroad when they have a vaccine production facility right here in Thailand ....

Yeah but yeah but yeah but.... so sorry.

[crazykopite]

If I’m correct Thailand will be up and running regardless no later than the 14th October 2021 my worry is  will there be any businesses left to open up . ????????????

[LomSak27]

Good news, after months of claiming it was not possible to order from other companies as their production was tied up, SHAZAM. As if by a miracle that has changed overnight. Late, yes, but, nice news this morning.

"Due to delays to the local production of AstraZeneca vaccines, Prayut said his government has signed deals with Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna to deliver doses to the country. By the end of the year, the country should have had 100 million vaccines distributed or ready for distribution". 

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28635/prayut-sets-october-reopening-target-for-thailand/