Thai Public Health Ministry to propose ‘Endemic Sandboxes’ initially on three tourist islands to allow entertainment venues to legally reopen-but Pattaya left out

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By Nop Meechukhun

 

National – The Thai Ministry of Public Health is planning to propose what they call ‘Endemic Sandboxes’ on three tourist islands, namely Koh Samui, Koh Chang, and Phuket, and allow the reopening of night entertainment venues legally in these areas.

 

Notably, however, Pattaya is left out of the initial proposal despite its sprawling nightlife industry, as Public Health officials at first want to limit legal reopenings to islands that they claim can be more easily monitored.

 

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Public Health Permanent Secretary Kiattiphum Wongrajit said today, May 12th, that the plan would initially be proposed to the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for their consideration as an initial action plan for approaching the ‘endemic’ period in Thailand and, after over a year, legally reopening nightlife, which has been roughly closed since April of 2021. Currently, the bar and nightlife industry is operating, on paper anyway, as “converted restaurants” with a variety of restrictions and rules.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/05/12/thai-public-health-ministry-to-propose-endemic-sandboxes-initially-on-three-tourist-islands-to-allow-entertainment-venues-to-legally-reopen-but-pattaya-left-out/

 

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[RandiRona]

Yes why let the control go when people are already use to it....

[Willy Wombat]

More sandboxes full of cat poo

[heybuz]

it goes on and on????

[wombat]

Different day same detrious recycled by whoevers turn it is for 30 seconds of fame.

[tomacht8]

I thought nightlife (discos and gogos) were closed much longer. Since April 2020?

Edited May 12, 2022 by tomacht8

[Cabradelmar]

More of the same old lame ideas that have paralyzed Thailand being regurgitated by the same old men 

[DezLez]

And of course one of the rules will be that you will have to prove you have been a resident of the island for 5/7/14 days (insert as required)  to prove you are not just visiting for the booze.

 

Oops I forgot it is meant to attract tourists!

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Notably, however, Pattaya is left out of the initial proposal despite its sprawling nightlife industry, as Public Health officials at first want to limit legal reopenings to islands that they claim can be more easily monitored.

The governor of Pattaya must have seriously peed off someone in government.

[hotchilli]

21 minutes ago, Cabradelmar said:

More of the same old lame ideas that have paralyzed Thailand being regurgitated by the same old men 

Control is their game.

[ezzra]

Letting the doofuss at the  health ministry dictate the business of the tourism and entertainment industries is like letting the sanitary department run the finances and the banking business of Thailand...

[sammieuk1]

Hard to let go of the grit boxes when they have provided so much to so few ????

[mtls2005]

Just use the word "Open", and stop with all this "Endemic" and "sandbox" BS.

 

 

[mtls2005]

1 hour ago, tomacht8 said:

I thought nightlife (discos and gogos) were closed much longer. Since April 2020?

Briefly re-opened pre-Delta. That is if we're talking discos/nightclubs. Not sure about go-gos?

[jacko45k]

2 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Briefly re-opened pre-Delta. That is if we're talking discos/nightclubs. Not sure about go-gos?

They reopened for a short period in early Covid days..... in Pattaya it was great, hardly any tourists and us Expats were very popular! 

[chilly07]

Good idea.

Send anyone with Omicron to these plague islands including Phuket to keep the rest of us safe! Entry only if you have a positive test!

Edited May 13, 2022 by chilly07

[thailand49]

Yes sand again?   Not surprise since these leaders all got their heads deep in it! ????

[Excel]

Just now, thailand49 said:

Yes sand again?   Not surprise since these leaders all got their heads deep in it! ????

well with their heads in the sand it is an open invitation for ladyboys to give them something ????

[The Hammer2021]

More meaningless bureaucracy from out of touch Officialdom

[thailand49]

1 minute ago, Excel said:

well with their heads in the sand it is an open invitation for ladyboys to give them something ????

Now that makes a lot of sense why the thinking is the way it is! ????