Thailand removed from the UK “red list”, list reduced to only seven countries

[The Hammer2021]

3 hours ago, ronster said:

Won’t make much difference to the numbers coming here I reckon. There might be a rise in people coming around Christmas and new year , but mid January I think it will bomb again till summer . Still too expensive for what it is to come here and if bars are still shut , curfew is still in place and you can’t drink in a restaurant with your meal then forget it !

It's on the turn.

[Kadilo]

18 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday covid infections and deaths in Thailand were 11,200 and 113 respectively and we on red list. Just a day after, cases were 11,340 and 116 deaths and we cleared from the red list. What change? Just bowing to economic pressures like all countries.   

Or maybe they saw a different perspective with the increase in vaccine numbers and the falling death rates. 

 

Thailand currently sitting at 66th in the worldometer ranking table over the past 7 days at 10 deaths/million of population,  2 places below the UK. 

 

Number of deaths have fallen 18% over the past week. 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

 

 

 

[Smokey and the Bandit]

3 hours ago, ronster said:

Won’t make much difference to the numbers coming here I reckon. There might be a rise in people coming around Christmas and new year , but mid January I think it will bomb again till summer . Still too expensive for what it is to come here and if bars are still shut , curfew is still in place and you can’t drink in a restaurant with your meal then forget it !

You are absolutely correct and the there is no sign of when the bars etc will open. Will it be before Christmas even? If not as you say who will come?

[The Hammer2021]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So no quarantine going home but the hurdles to get here still remain... including quaarantine

shame Thailand can't start dropping them, but then the SHA revenue would be lost.

No quarantine for vaxed people here

[The Hammer2021]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yes sir, correct, where would the billions come from to fill the coffers of the friends of the Government and not the mom and pop shops or small boutique hotels.

Rubbish. No Quarantine for vaxed people

[The Hammer2021]

Are AZ vaxes from Thailand accepted

[Mywayboy]

5 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

oh  god,  my  mutha  will  be  expexcting me

Your a very naughty boy.55555

[Bkk Brian]

31 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday covid infections and deaths in Thailand were 11,200 and 113 respectively and we on red list. Just a day after, cases were 11,340 and 116 deaths and we cleared from the red list. What change? Just bowing to economic pressures like all countries.   

Not a lot changed in Thailand, they removed 47  countries from the red list leaving only Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

 

This was more of a streamline sweep for their return to new normal.

[Eric Loh]

3 minutes ago, Kadilo said:

Or maybe they saw a different perspective with the increase in vaccine numbers and the falling death rates. 

 

Thailand currently sitting at 66th in the worldometer ranking table over the past 7 days at 10 deaths/million of population,  2 places below the UK. 

 

Number of deaths have fallen 18% over the past week. 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

 

 

 

I do agree with your point of view. The UK government should therefore acknowledge that vaccines administered in Thailand contribute to the improving situation. They should in that respect approved Sinovac and Sinopharm brands like Australia, Netherlands and others. I do believe that they will eventually. 

[dutchweller]

Good can go home with family now and not have to pay for qarenteen.

[KhunMorris]

58 minutes ago, keithkarmann said:

My visiting list will be greatly reduced now I am married to a Thai lady 36 years younger than me. 

Newsflash:

 

She's with you for the money.

 

Sincerely 

 

MORRIS

Ex Bar Owner 

 

 

[hotchilli]

21 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

No quarantine for vaxed people here

I think you might need to check that.

[DaLa]

38 minutes ago, JRG23 said:

Now all we need is Thailand to do something similar.

I saw Thailand was to remove the quarantine requirement for vaxxed people from 1 November.

 

Does anyone know if this is actually happening?

Prayut knows; and when I was talking to him and another top level official in a bar a few days ago over a beer he became quite agitated.

 

I was attempting to hone down on this particular subject of continued quarantine when 2 recent returnees from Isaan came and distracted him. I tried to pay them off but they were obviously eager for a return to their normal business operations, and the discussion faltered.

 

Once he found out the new t’s+c’s involved with these ‘acquaintances’ he lost interest, resumed our conversation and I finally received an answer. He suggested without actually committing to this that the new system from November 1st would operate in a manner that some of the bars and restaurants have resorted to.

 

Simply you will have to still quarantine for 7 days but it has to be in a plastic cup with COKE written on the side.

[CartagenaWarlock]

The days of easy travel when one can hop into an international flight with a passport and credit cards is gone!!!

[Cake Monster]

Whilst Thailand has been dropped from the UK Red List, which is excellent news for many who wish to return back to the UK without all the expensive Quarantine Etc,

the question has to asked if Thailand is ready, and capable to receive Tourists from the UK,.

The UK has more or less got the Covid situation under control, with their massive daily testing, excellent Health Service,  Etc.

Thailand on the other hand, has far from gotten on top of the Covid situation in the Country.

 A poor regime of testing still  exists for either current possible Infections, or for any potential new Variants that could evolve.

There are large Outbreaks in the Deep South, with all the known Variants in play down there, and now a new Outbreak has been cited in Chantaburi, and this is on top of what appears, at this early stage, to be a resurgence of Delta within the Country.

Thailand has to play a slow game IMO, at least for the near future

 

 

 

Edited October 8, 2021 by Cake Monster

[hotandsticky]

21 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

I do agree with your point of view. The UK government should therefore acknowledge that vaccines administered in Thailand contribute to the improving situation. They should in that respect approved Sinovac and Sinopharm brands like Australia, Netherlands and others. I do believe that they will eventually. 

 

To be fair, even Thailand doesn't recognise them.....................Sino/AZ combination should be in there.

[Foghorn]

So the countries left on the list are the ones who’s people Biden is using to de stabilise the US

[Kadilo]

26 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

I do agree with your point of view. The UK government should therefore acknowledge that vaccines administered in Thailand contribute to the improving situation. They should in that respect approved Sinovac and Sinopharm brands like Australia, Netherlands and others. I do believe that they will eventually. 

It’s been under discussion for a while once Dubai was given the green light. 
I expect they will be approved shortly. 

[josephbloggs]

2 hours ago, henry213 said:

Yeah Thais won't need to sit in a box or treated like sh_t they would be welcomed by a smiling polite brit as my wife was way back when she first came to Uk

Oh yes, those notoriously happy and welcoming UK border force, handing out best wishes and garlands to tourists who then go galloping off to the sunlit uplands....

Your hatred of Thailand seems to colour everything you see.

[Neeranam]

5 hours ago, mvdf said:

One reason less for immigration to consider requests for extension of stay. 

Good, it will get rid of those who have been living here for the last year without meeting the old requirements, like having enough money to live. 

[josephbloggs]

52 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Are AZ vaxes from Thailand accepted

Yes, from Monday onwards.

[drenddy]

4 hours ago, smedly said:

I would now be expecting Thailand to dump the Sandbox style rules for UK travellers and treating visitors exactly the same as UK Green

EU, as far as I know, has Thailand on no quarantine list, yet EU travellers don't get same treatment when entering Thailand.

 

Why it should be different for BoJo?

 

Get a ticket and stay in line.

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, keithkarmann said:

My visiting list will be greatly reduced now I am married to a Thai lady 36 years younger than me. 

Hope you are loaded! ????????????????

[smedly]

19 minutes ago, drenddy said:

EU, as far as I know, has Thailand on no quarantine list

I believe only recently

 

and 100% agree that Thailand is not offering Green rules yet it wants foreign tourists and still doesn't understand why they are not coming - if they drop all the money gouging red tape they might just get some interest, in saying that, are they ready ?, the country is far from open

[Cherrytreeview]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Good, it will get rid of those who have been living here for the last year without meeting the old requirements, like having enough money to live. 

Expect to see you in jock land soon then.

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

I do agree with your point of view. The UK government should therefore acknowledge that vaccines administered in Thailand contribute to the improving situation. They should in that respect approved Sinovac and Sinopharm brands like Australia, Netherlands and others. I do believe that they will eventually. 

Does China recognize AZ from the UK for entry there?

[Cherrytreeview]

2 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Or maybe they saw a different perspective with the increase in vaccine numbers and the falling death rates. 

 

Thailand currently sitting at 66th in the worldometer ranking table over the past 7 days at 10 deaths/million of population,  2 places below the UK. 

 

Number of deaths have fallen 18% over the past week. 
 

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/weekly-trends/#weekly_table

 

 

 

 

What airline did you book?

Get a good fare?

 

[Neeranam]

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

The UK has more or less got the Covid situation under control, with their massive daily testing

How does testing help control Covid?

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

How does testing help control Covid?

One might  also ask if 40,000 new infections and 120 daily deaths qualifies for 'under control'....

[Neeranam]

4 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

One might  also ask if 40,000 new infections and 120 daily deaths qualifies for 'under control'....

In the UK?