Thailand's Health Minister denied entry to Switzerland for WHO meet after vax with Sinovac

[Grusa]

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

One has to wonder what the fallout will be here in Thailand. I am sure he was also going to go skiing while there, poor chap drinking beer from the keg of the Saint Bernard will have to wait.

I thought it was brandy in the keg? or schnapps?

[ChrisKC]

Didn't do his homework, did he? Couldn't have happened to a nicer man! Went to Switzerland to update his bank books.

 

With any luck he won't be allowed back into Thailand.

[Chad3000]

Hell, at ?? 700b per vaccine on double secret (probation ) contract he's laughing all the way to the bank. 

[RafPinto]

He got the wrong booster vaccine.

Damn.

[Kinnock]

7 hours ago, mahtin said:

Not like he was turned back at the border. He simply had to admit he can't go with his present vax history.

Have to allow for some journalistic licence to create a good story.

 

And his vaccine history would allow him to enter the UK, so perhaps he could join his boss at COP26 to not sign some pledges.

[raccos21]

Poor Mr. Flip Flop.It looks like the boomerang return back to him.

 

[StayinThailand2much]

29 minutes ago, koratkarlos said:

In some ways I like the spontaneity (...)

I wish I had been more spontaneous like the Thais before. Then I wouldn't have some of my holiday funds circulating in the Australian economy since 2019/2020, but without getting any services I booked. Heaven knows when I will be able to catch up with it. Planning is so 2019...

[Regyai]

It'll teach him not to upload his application in pdf format

[peter zwart]

I feel sorry for the poor guy

[peter zwart]

2 hours ago, NicoBKK said:

Well this is also showing the stubbornness of EU, where double or triple vaccinated people cannot get in if they did not get the "EU kind of approved" vaccine (no Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik, India and Thai AZ). All politics too.

But it does bring good things with it (in this case)

[crazykopite]

The Swiss don’t do brown envelopes ????????????????

[joecoolfrog]

8 hours ago, pkspeaker said:

so what? you gotta have 10 vax shots before you can travel now?

Well Anutin is a ' big shot ' himself so obviously he requires special attention.

For us mere mortals , 2 shots of an adequate vaccine is sufficient.

[sherwood]

Just to add to the negitive 55555555555555, what a toe rag.

 

[joecoolfrog]

8 hours ago, RafPinto said:

????

The Swiss showing great diplomacy , they didn't use the ' dirty Asian ' stamp.

[ThailandRyan]

33 minutes ago, raccos21 said:

Poor Mr. Flip Flop.It looks like the boomerang return back to him.

 

And hit him squarely in the FACE

[joecoolfrog]

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

While everyone's laughing at Anutin, as am I, there's also a couple serious things to consider here...

 

1. If Switzerland rejected Anutin's 2 Sinovac plus 1 AZ vaccine history, that presumably means they're gonna do the same for any other Thai citizen who's had the same (and that's A LOT at this point) -- two Sinovac and/or two Sinovac plus an AZ booster.

 

2. I wonder how many other countries out there might be following the same kind of vaccine entry policy?  It's a bit of a strange decision considering that the WHO has approved both Sinovac and Sinopharm as legitimate vaccines, despite their less than stellar effectiveness.

 

Switzerland will fall in line eventually. For now lets all enjoy Anutin's huge loss of face , he must be seething , well deserved , horrible creature.

[aussienam]

5 hours ago, BestB said:

Yes ok funny , but hardly amusing for millions of Thai who had no options and were mislead and lied to.

 

any Thai wanting to travel may face same problems because of vaccines made available to them by this expert also known as Anutin

The information regarding certain vaccines not being recognized in many countries has been published and reported on for many months now.

 

I would be surprised if Thai citizens were not already aware of this and those who wanted to travel therefore held off to get Astra Zeneca or Pfizer.  Unfortunately, many had no choice but the Chinese made vaccines. 

 

There are countries that recognize Sinovac and it seems that there is an increasing trend to accept it. 

Interestingly China has made it very difficult to allow travellers to enter China without their Chinese made vaccines (obviously a Chinese CCP tantrum face saving tactic, as the data is well and truly in that their vaccines are not as efficacious as Western and Russian vaccines).  

 

[Opossum]

 

According to my understanding, there shouldn't be any problem for him to enter Switzerland based on the vaccines here in Thailand:

 

Link is published by the Swiss Government:

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/empfehlungen-fuer-reisende/quarantaene-einreisende.html#-440105700

 

Which COVID-19 vaccines allow entry to Switzerland?

People who have received one of the following vaccines can enter Switzerland:

• Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2 / Comirnaty® / Tozinameran)
• Moderna (mRNA-1273 / Spikevax / COVID-19 vaccine Moderna)
• AstraZeneca (AZD1222 Vaxzevria®/ Covishield™)
• Janssen / Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S)
• Sinopharm / BIBP (SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell))
• Sinovac (CoronaVac)
• COVAXIN®

People who have been vaccinated with two different vaccines are considered to be fully vaccinated if:

• the vaccines used have been approved by the authorities in Switzerland (Swissmedic) and the EU (EMA) or are on the WHO emergency use list and
• they were administered in accordance with the regulations or recommendations of the state in which the vaccination took place.
• ....

 

[daejung]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The minister - who started the pandemic calling foreigners "dirty", continued with various protocol breaches and tame denials and presided over the early debacle of slow vaccination now has a country ban on his CV.

He knows now who is actually dirty

[PoorSucker]

Didn't he get the Switzerland COE or PASS first.

[Nsp64]

He thinks thailand is the centre of the universe, as do all thai people. 

Not so important now are you??? Fool !

[Kadilo]

59 minutes ago, sherwood said:

Just to add to the negitive 55555555555555, what a toe rag.

 

Wow

[Dukeleto]

9 hours ago, jerrymahoney said:

Well that also puts to rest any suggestion that the Deputy PM had surreptitiously obtained 2 doses of either Pfizer or Moderna

Not necessarily, he would be committing political suicide if he had played that card. He had no choice but to go with his original PR stunt. I’ll bet my everything I own that he took the Pfizer jab.

[Bkk Brian]

47 minutes ago, Opossum said:

 

According to my understanding, there shouldn't be any problem for him to enter Switzerland based on the vaccines here in Thailand:

 

Link is published by the Swiss Government:

https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/empfehlungen-fuer-reisende/quarantaene-einreisende.html#-440105700

 

Which COVID-19 vaccines allow entry to Switzerland?

People who have received one of the following vaccines can enter Switzerland:

• Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2 / Comirnaty® / Tozinameran)
• Moderna (mRNA-1273 / Spikevax / COVID-19 vaccine Moderna)
• AstraZeneca (AZD1222 Vaxzevria®/ Covishield™)
• Janssen / Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S)
• Sinopharm / BIBP (SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell))
• Sinovac (CoronaVac)
• COVAXIN®

People who have been vaccinated with two different vaccines are considered to be fully vaccinated if:

• the vaccines used have been approved by the authorities in Switzerland (Swissmedic) and the EU (EMA) or are on the WHO emergency use list and
• they were administered in accordance with the regulations or recommendations of the state in which the vaccination took place.
• ....

 

Maybe he could get in but he wouldn't be able to get into restaurants, conference halls, events, bars etc without a Covid Certificate, from your link:

 

"If you received the Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines and are travelling to Switzerland as a tourist, you cannot apply for a Swiss COVID certificate."

 

So unless he was to wait outside in the shivering cold while everyone else attended the meetings then this is the reason he couldn't go without an additional vaccine dose.

[Forza2002]

Bet you $10 there will be a misunderstanding riposte tomorrow from Anutin or the Ministry. Anutin's people submitted an incorrect vaccine certificate, he does in fact have a cert with 2 AZ doses... The Sinovac shots were just for publicity...

[Bohemianfish]

I think this is all anyone needs to know to see how well the country is being run in Thailand. Just jaw dropping.

[dinsdale]

I'm late into this one but a big thumbs up to the fanboys on here. Fairly sure Switzerland is wrong by not recognising just how good Sinonvac is.

People believe the stuff that comes out from this mob of corrupt morons here. Beggars belief.

[Artisi]

7 hours ago, Udox said:

Who possibly might have the same amount of medical qualifications !

maybe even more + a few more smarts.

[natway09]

He will need a new Secretary as no doubt he will blame her

[Artisi]

7 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Anutin to Switzerland: "Do you know who I am?!!!??!"

Switzerland: "Yup."

and that's why you're not welcome ........