Thailand’s Minister of Public Health officially proposes to Covid-Center to postpone resuming “Test and Go” until at least the end of January

[Danderman123]

2 hours ago, DaveC said:

@screaming

 

Brain dead on arrival !!!

 

When will you realize that this is bad cold !!

Ask yourself one simple question, are restrictions working.?

Maybe you are marxist. If so we are ready for you and the world is finally waking up to your insane views !!!

Let's go Brandon !!!

You are deluded.

 

people are dying from Omicron.

[aussiexpat]

8 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

You are deluded.

 

people are dying from Omicron.

Omg, really??? We are all doomed

[wealthychef]

10 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

If he does this then Thai tourism will be dead for another year, nobody booking a holiday now will be doing it 'hoping' thailand may or may not be open later, he can certainly wipe off the expected 300,000 Jan, Feb March and as for cutting the test and go from 10th January even if booked already .....................

Oh come on, this is Thailand.  What will actually happen is that they will proceed in short bursts of contradictory policy until covid ends.  Mai bpen rai.   The wave will be pretty short and Thailand will reverse itself as soon as it can to get those cash cows flowing again. 

[scunner]

Looks like the well heeled are hoping to drive more businesses into bankruptcy so they can scoop up their assets for satang on the baht.

[drenddy]

3 hours ago, stigar said:

Maybe it gives a clue how fast its spread.

Nobody cares about Norway(and, to a larger extent, Scandinavia)

Stop believe all the BS, your media feeds you.

Scandinavia is not the pinnacle of human achievement and nobody cares about you people.

Be safe

[NHPT]

I booked a flight to Bangkok arriving January 20.

It took me weeks to decipher all the requirements for Thailand Pass

Just when I was going to apply, they shut it down.

No surprise here. Didn't expect it to start anytime soon.

 

Apparently Cathay Pacific figured this out last week anyway and cancelled my flight

 

Looking at Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico. I think Thailand is done.

[bristolgeoff]

They goes the high season for thailand for another year.Cancel Cancel everything and maybe later for people wanting to return including me

[Michel PUISSANT]

Teya from "It's Thai Things" YT channel is claiming that the info was wrong all along.

People that were due to arrive after January 10 under the Test & Go scheme should still be allowed in :

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpVt6ZquC0nXZYeDTDrCjYw/community?lb=UgkxdaxbhChbE8NehOQ9MQPdX-_YBc2S1kq4

Edited January 3, 2022 by Michel PUISSANT

[Soyboy]

11 minutes ago, Michel PUISSANT said:

Teya from "It's Thai Things" YT channel is claiming that the info was wrong all along.
People that were due to arrive after January 10 under the Test & Go scheme should be allowed in :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpVt6ZquC0nXZYeDTDrCjYw/community?lb=UgkxdaxbhChbE8NehOQ9MQPdX-_YBc2S1kq4

watch the whole video

 

edit-woops ignore me didnt see your new comment

Edited January 3, 2022 by Soyboy

[Stargeezr]

Okay what has Anutin been drinking this time. It is one thing to change rules of quarantine for

travelers, but to make everyone change their flights to only enter via Phuket is ridiculous,

Mr. Anutin has not thought this out at all.  I wonder just how many days it will take for others

to tell him to rethink his present thoughts.  Many travelers will be cancelling if they have to pay

more money for flight changes, and look at all the hotel cancelations that will have to happen as well.

  Maybe tomorrow will bring some better, more sane thoughts to this situation. Hopefully.

If he had said that inbound travelers will have to change their flight plans if they are coming after Feb 1st

that would be a lot more practical. Just saying.

[hotchilli]

11 hours ago, robblok said:

But if it is already spreading like so many say what is the point then ? Ok maybe to prevent even more covid carriers inside Thailand but not to stop Omicron.

Exactly... Okay I except it's here, but at the moment minimal.

Stop what you can.. 

[spidermike007]

A spectacularly cowardly man engaging in continued sabotage and destruction. 

 

Few who test negative, have been double or triple vaccinated with an effective vaccine, and then get tested again and again, will be a danger to a timid nation. Very few. 

[zzaa09]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Exactly... Okay I except it's here, but at the moment minimal.

Stop what you can.. 

Yep. That's the idea. 

And this on-again/off-again entry, testing and whatnot continues the world over. 

Just not Thailand that is back-n-forth in it's policies.

[toolpush]

7 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

You are deluded.

 

people are dying from Omicron.

Where?

[Paul Henry]

Danderman 123 critisises my comments, obviuosly lives in a closetted world. What word is "WRONGNESS' not in any dictionary. Secondly state your facts guess you have none.

Australia is doing away with quarantine as it has a high national vaccination rate. In its place they are bringing in "ISOLATION" at home, also allowing use of RAT along with many other changes to current rules. Western Australian Government ( which has very low cases both historically and currently) expect hundreds of thousands of Omicron cases when they open their border in the next few weeks.

Most Australians are currently lining up for their third vaccine shot.

There is a saying " you are better off sitting there looking like an idiot than opening your mouth and removing all doubt.

[jacko45k]

16 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Didn't work for China and Aus did it, just exploded later

If the explosion is the omicron, well could be the policy saved many lives.

[lemonwaterjoe]

In the meantime the youtube lady also deleted her post. So I fear unfortunately it is official re Jan 10.

[pattaya1234was]

5 minutes ago, pattaya1234was said:

Strange! I have again opened the article with a new browser and it's still not there. We are obviously living on different planets-or something!

Now taken another route and it is still there.! I think that just about sums up the situation here! Let's hope the meeting decides to abandon the 10th Jan. idea!

[metisdead]

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[tomacht8]

7 days ago: 

 

The controversial figure admitted that there would be some Omicron cases that would "sneak in" among the 200,000 foreign tourists on the Test and Go program. 

 

But he reiterated that procedures were in place to handle that eventuality and that Thailand could cope.

 

Those responsible are not even able to correctly assess a situation for 7 days, especially if you already have 22 months of experience. With these short-term, constantly contradicting announcements, there is only more harm than good.

Incapable - the whole lot.

 

 

 

 

[Postmaster]

Have I got this right. Test and Go still an option until the 10th January with everything in place but from the 11th its either 7 days quarantine or Sandbox entry?

[Zack61]

16 hours ago, roo860 said:

Oh shut up!

Couldn't have said it better myself

[Bangkokian2019]

On 1/3/2022 at 6:55 AM, law ling said:

All because of what that Israeli guy did?

Now it's two Indian nationals they are looking for. 

facebook.com/318251788326658/posts/2221214921363659/

 

Today (4 Jan 2022), the Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office (Chonburi Province) posted on their Facebook page that they're searching for Mr. xxxx xxxx, 30 years old and MISS xxxx xxxx, 32 years old.

 

Dr. Apirat Katanyutanon, Chonburi Provincial Public Health Doctor, revealed that the two tourists traveled to Thailand via the TEST & GO scheme, The first test for COVID-19 was negative. Later, the hospital did a second RT-PCR test. The result came back positive (infected), without specifying the variant.  The two individuals weren't waiting to hear the results and traveled to Bangkok

 

https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/311311

 

Edited January 4, 2022 by Bangkokian2019

[Sydebolle]

Congratulations are in order - give the man a medal, a big kick into his even bigger backside and get rid of him and the rest of the flock (pun intended)! 

 

[aussiexpat]

So have they had their Damn meeting yet, I have flights next week so I would like to know at least a week in advance if I'm welcome to come or not???

 

Edited January 4, 2022 by aussiexpat

[ThailandRyan]

Yet the Test N Go approval still has not changed for those approved.  Must not be in a hurry.

[Bkktodd]

17 hours ago, Daithi85 said:

Where are you getting all your information that expats are walking around with no masks? You also claim that all the foreigners in Pattaya are walking around mask less.... You should get a new informant because what u say is untrue. 

Walk around Naklua. big C Extra. Soi baukhao. I see with my own eyes too. 

[Bkktodd]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yet the Test N Go approval still has not changed for those approved.  Must not be in a hurry.

Best get the new update…that’s old

[ThailandRyan]

6 minutes ago, Bkktodd said:

Best get the new update…that’s old

I printed that from my approval and posted it just after I took the screenshot today. The site your using is not the official Thai Pass website run by the government.

Edited January 4, 2022 by ThailandRyan

[tso310]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yet the Test N Go approval still has not changed for those approved.  Must not be in a hurry.

Its interesting that its nearly 16:00 and no word has come out. I suspect Test and Go will remain suspended however the main argument may be over those pre-approved to enter Thailand after 10 Jan and particularly the number of Thai citizens concerned. The mechanics of flights, PCR tests, hotel booking and allowing the validity of bringing Thailand Passes forward in time is not easy.