Thailand and Malaysia to expedite quarantine-free cross-border travels for vaccinated travellers

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Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. (Photo: CNA/Saksith Saiyasombut)

 

by Pichayada Promchertchoo

 

BANGKOK: Thailand and Malaysia agreed to expedite quarantine-free travels across the borders for travellers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday (Feb 25) after meeting his Malaysian counterpart Ismail Sabri Yaakob in Bangkok.

 

“We share the hope that fully vaccinated people will soon be able to travel between Thailand and Malaysia without quarantine, while following public health measures of both sides,” stated Gen Prayut during a joint press conference at the Government House in Bangkok.

 

“Malaysia has called such channel ‘Vaccinated Travel Lane’ (VTL),” he added. According to the Thai prime minister, a joint working group will be set up to discuss guidelines for cross-border travels in order to expedite the reopening of borders.

 

Full story: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailand-malaysia-expedite-quarantine-free-vaccinated-travellers-2519966

 

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[tonray]

Great News !

[paahlman]

Missed KL.

 

[zzaa09]

10 hours ago, tonray said:

Great News !

Just fashionable rhetoric. 

[PhineusFreek]

pcr test required?

[carabaothai]

no Thailand Pass? 

[Xonax]

Some foreigners seems to be more dirty than others!

[mtls2005]

On 2/26/2022 at 7:27 AM, webfact said:

a joint working group will be set up to discuss guidelines for cross-border travels in order to expedite the reopening of borders.

It's committee time.

 

Real headline

 

"Set-of a Committee to Study Cross-Border Travels will be Expedited"

 

 

In other Thai-Malaysia news...

 

Southern Thailand peace talks to resume in Malaysia on March 7

 

 

[illiterate]

In other words, “we support vaccinated transmission, but not unvaccinated transmission”.

 

It fits right in with other Covid policies I’ll give it that.

[RickG16]

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/03/777104/new-vtls-between-malaysia-thailand-and-cambodia-march-15

 

Seems like this will be going ahead. Does anyone know if the VTL will be open to vaccinated tourists, or only MY / TH nationals and permanent residents?