Jonathan Fairfield Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 SAMUI (NNT) - The first international flight to land on Samui island since the emergence of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. The personnel of Samui Airport and officials at the point of entry disease control unit have stringently screened the arriving passengers to prevent any spread of the new variant. Of the 54 passengers on the flight from Singapore, none had traveled to the 8 countries where significant numbers of Covid cases were identified as being caused by the Omicron variant. All passengers passed through a thermal scan and presented evidence of inoculation against Covid as well as proof of a negative RT-PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before departure. Additionally, the passengers had to present their Thailand Pass at the airport disease control unit before being allowed to progress to immigration. All passengers landing in Samui on a direct international flight are swabbed for the on-arrival RT-PCR test and must stay within their hotel until a negative test result is issued. Since December 1, entry into the Kingdom was denied for travelers from any of the 8 countries in Africa deemed by the Ministry of Public Health to present high risks of the Omicron variant. Travelers departing from other countries will be contacted by officials who will follow up on their conditions for 14 days. So far, RT-PCR re-testing for COVID-19 has been administered for 9 out of 11 travelers from Africa who entered Samui on or after November 15, with all results coming back negative. Discover Cigna’s range of health insurance solutions created for expats and local nationals living in Thailand - click to view -- © Copyright NNT 2021-12-05 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow ASEAN NOW on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) Deleted Edited December 5, 2021 by Tropicalevo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henryford Posted December 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2021 Why would anyone even think of travelling to Samui with all these ridiculous rules. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdf Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 53 minutes ago, Henryford said: Why would anyone even think of travelling to Samui with all these ridiculous rules. Sheer desperation perhaps. Chronic beach addiction? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 1 hour ago, mvdf said: Sheer desperation perhaps. Chronic beach addiction? Can't be beach addiction during Samui's monsoon period, unless you are masochist... Samui monsoon 2021... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi yogi Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Tropicalevo said: Deleted i always wondered how to delete a post 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunjeff Posted December 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2021 So to sum up, the "intense screening" consists of carrying out the normal inspection procedure for passengers arriving under the Thailand Pass scheme and then issuing a self-congratulatory press release about it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 6 hours ago, Henryford said: Why would anyone even think of travelling to Samui with all these ridiculous rules. In spite of what many TV experts think, Samui is quite a beautiful island with lots of good restaurants (serving alcohol). Just stay away from Chaweng as most locals do. Quite a variety of overseas guests checking into villas at the moment and this is monsoon season. The Christmas 'high season' has not even started yet. Eastern beaches are not very pleasant (big waves, strong surf, coconuts, seaweed and flotsam /jetsam), but most of the western and northern ones are OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryofcrete Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 5 hours ago, mvdf said: Sheer desperation perhaps. Chronic beach addiction? Or Badly in need of a jellyfish sting...shhh... don't tell the tourists !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post huberthammer Posted December 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2021 7 hours ago, Henryford said: Why would anyone even think of travelling to Samui with all these ridiculous rules. Given the number of unsteady pale scooter riders on Samui's roads over the last two weeks there seem to be a lot more than you think. People making fun of the tourist arrivals but you can see a clear difference compared to a month ago. These are not expats returning back to Thailand or domestic visitors. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandeventer Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Henryford said: Why would anyone even think of travelling to Samui with all these ridiculous rules. Couldn't the government at least wait to see how dangerous Omicron is before all these rules come into play? Either you want tourist or you don't. Too many governments around the world hit the panic button without having all the info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arithai12 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 So, "intense screening" is actually the standard procedure. Thanks for wasting 2 minutes of my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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