For the first time since 2019, and effective from October 1st, Thailand’s Ministry of Education is to rescind measures currently applied in all schools to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19.

 

The lifting of all the preventive measures is in line with the improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the country and will coincide with the reclassification of COVID-19 as an “infectious disease under watch”, downgrading it from a “dangerous infectious disease”.

 

From Saturday, face-mask wearing all the time in schools, seat distancing of 1-2 metres, limits on the number o participants in group activities, the provision of additional hand cleaning facilities and daily disinfecting of classrooms, toilets and frequently touched will cease.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/covid-19-preventive-measures-in-schools-to-be-lifted-from-october-1st/

 

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Absolutely wonderful news for the children and teachers!!!

 

The land of smiles is coming back...

 

 

 

 

"From Saturday, face-mask wearing all the time in schools, seat distancing of 1-2 metres, limits on the number o participants in group activities, the provision of additional hand cleaning facilities and daily disinfecting of classrooms, toilets and frequently touched will cease."

 

 

 

Not before time!  Let's hope schools go along with it and don't succumb to pressure from over-anxious parents.

2 hours ago, anrcaccount said:

Absolutely wonderful news for the children and teachers!!!

 

The land of smiles is coming back...

 

 

 

 

"From Saturday, face-mask wearing all the time in schools, seat distancing of 1-2 metres, limits on the number o participants in group activities, the provision of additional hand cleaning facilities and daily disinfecting of classrooms, toilets and frequently touched will cease."

 

 

 

That's a shame, I thought that was good practice even without C19....☺️

So when are preventive measures going to be lifted in immigration offices and banks then?

 

5 minutes ago, transam said:

That's a shame, I thought that was good practice even without C19....☺️

Children should never have been burdened with this ridiculous requirement for the last 2.5+years just to give a few very sensitive adults a further minor feeling of safety...

Just now, mnomad said:

Children should never have been burdened with this ridiculous requirement for the last 2.5+years just to give a few very sensitive adults a further minor feeling of safety...

So you don't want the bogs cleaned more often and kids learning about cleanliness, which really was lacking before C19.....?   ????

2 minutes ago, OJAS said:

So when are preventive measures going to be lifted in immigration offices and banks then?

 

Got an appointment in October at CW, I still suspect I'll have to wear a mask that day, seen the young ones snap at the farangs even though some of aunties working there no longer wear them, it will the first time (from today at least) and last time I suspect I'll wear a mask (yes that includes flights, BTS, cinema etc..) anywhere in Thailand.  Banks will probably fall inline next week I suspect.
 

Just now, mnomad said:

Got an appointment in October at CW, I still suspect I'll have to wear a mask that day, seen the young ones snap at the farangs even though some of aunties working there no longer wear them, it will the first time (from today at least) and last time I suspect I'll wear a mask (yes that includes flights, BTS, cinema etc..) anywhere in Thailand.  Banks will probably fall inline next week I suspect.
 

You poor thing......????

2 minutes ago, transam said:

So you don't want the bogs cleaned more often and kids learning about cleanliness, which really was lacking before C19.....?   ????

I'm not going to argue or debate with someone who voluntarily restricts their own breathing... 

 

1 hour ago, mnomad said:

Let's hope the Ministry of TV Broadcasting (or whatever it is call) appeals for an end to mask wearing on TV for one final kick in the teeth to the masking bedwetters..  

IMHO the final kick would be more appropriately directed at those who are responsible for, in effect, offering those using banks and immigration offices up as sacrificial lambs on the high altar of Social Distancing by making them stand for ages for their ticket numbers to be called through drastic reductions in the amount of seating available.

 

55 minutes ago, mnomad said:

Got an appointment in October at CW, I still suspect I'll have to wear a mask that day, seen the young ones snap at the farangs even though some of aunties working there no longer wear them, it will the first time (from today at least) and last time I suspect I'll wear a mask (yes that includes flights, BTS, cinema etc..) anywhere in Thailand.  Banks will probably fall inline next week I suspect.
 

And you will doubtless also be forced to stand for ages waiting for some ticket number to be called at some stage as the amount of available seating is, I assume, extremely limited at CW these days if the practice followed at my local office (Rayong) is also being followed there. If I were in your shoes I would be far more irritated by being forced to comply with this bloody social distancing nonsense much against my will than any requirement to wear masks.

 

Why is it that those who complain bitterly on Asean Now threads about having to wear masks always choose to remain completely silent on the issue of continued mandatory compliance with totally ridiculous and increasingly irrelevant social distancing requirements these days? Slavish adherence to these particular requirements can result in considerable discomfort to - and, indeed, suffering by - those who, like myself, are unable to stand on their feet for any length of time in overcrowded immigration offices (and, for that matter, banks as well) as a result of some physical disability - in ways which the wearing of masks IMHO does not.

10 minutes ago, OJAS said:

And you will probably also be forced to stand for ages waiting for your ticket number to be called as the amount of available seating is, I assume, extremely limited at CW these days. If I were in your shoes I would be far more irritated by being forced to comply with this bloody social distancing nonsense much against my will than any requirement to wear masks.

 

Why is it that those who complain bitterly on Asean Now threads about having to wear masks always choose to remain completely silent on the issue of continued mandatory compliance with totally ridiculous and irrelevant social distancing requirements these days? Not only does the practising of social distancing result in irritation but also considerable discomfort to those who, like myself, are unable to stand on their feet for any length of time in overcrowded immigration offices (and, for that matter, banks as well) as a result of some physical disability.

I definitely empathize with you and fully agree it's ridiculous, I do expect they will go hand in hand and will fade away at roughly the same time as masks  - most of the big X stickers have been worn down now can't see them being replaced, although with immigration it could be weeks away..  With reduced mobility I'd just take a seat and see what happens, this late in the game even the young fierce ones might think twice at taking a pop.  To answer the question though, the social distance requirements are less in my face (no pun intended) - immigration and banks maybe once a month - e.g. none on flights or BTS or even in hospital waiting rooms now

 

They should keep the seating limits and distance.  Nothing to do with covid, but it will cut down the number of students in the class.

 

Will be interesting to see how many students still wear masks

This is great news. Now that daily cases are down to a trickle, there is barely any reason for masking anymore.

 

However, I still see kids bicycling around with masks on and riding motorbikes with masks on. Will the extreme paranoia end? How long will it take people here to develop a comfort level, that allows them to leave a mask behind?

Finally!!!!

 

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

This is great news. Now that daily cases are down to a trickle, there is barely any reason for masking anymore.

 

However, I still see kids bicycling around with masks on and riding motorbikes with masks on. Will the extreme paranoia end? How long will it take people here to develop a comfort level, that allows them to leave a mask behind?

@spidermike007 I think them not wanting to be different from the crowd is a factor though. hopefully once a few stop wearing them it will have a snowball effect. 

3 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Not before time!  Let's hope schools go along with it and don't succumb to pressure from over-anxious parents.

I suspect the parents at the school where I teach will require masks at LEAST until two weeks after the world comes to an end.

3 hours ago, OJAS said:

So when are preventive measures going to be lifted in immigration offices and banks then?

 

I've been to immigration offices and various banks in Chiang Mai without a mask and nobody even raised an eyebrow. 

 

1 hour ago, LarryB said:

I've been to immigration offices and various banks in Chiang Mai without a mask and nobody even raised an eyebrow. 

Unless they were exchanging raised eyebrows while you weren't looking and then slagged you off when you left.

7 hours ago, anrcaccount said:

Absolutely wonderful news for the children and teachers!!!

 

The land of smiles is coming back...

We'll have to wait and see.  Weeks after masks outside became optional, most Thais still wear masks outside and away from any other people.

4 hours ago, mnomad said:

Children should never have been burdened with this ridiculous requirement for the last 2.5+years just to give a few very sensitive adults a further minor feeling of safety...

Children packed together in classrooms and then going home to be around their elderly relatives were obviously very strong vectors for transmission.  Catch covid at school, take it home and kill their parents or grandparents.

 

I'm not sure how you can't see that.  The only reason we can relax now is Omicron and vaccines.  Prior to that, school children, understandably, had to be prevented from catching and passing a dangerous virus onto their unvaccinated relatives.

13 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Children packed together in classrooms and then going home to be around their elderly relatives were obviously very strong vectors for transmission.  Catch covid at school, take it home and kill their parents or grandparents.

 

I'm not sure how you can't see that.  The only reason we can relax now is Omicron and vaccines.  Prior to that, school children, understandably, had to be prevented from catching and passing a dangerous virus onto their unvaccinated relatives.

And you think masks helped with that?  Children could and did get Covid in many places and inevitably it was sometimes passed on to unvaccinated relatives - that's what happens in a pandemic.  Hopefully, most families were sensible enough to not remain unvaccinated.  The damage done to children psychologically may never be repaired.

4 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

And you think masks helped with that? 

How could they not?

 

4 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Children could and did get Covid in many places and inevitably it was sometimes passed on to unvaccinated relatives - that's what happens in a pandemic.

Of course.  But ten neighbourhood kids hanging out together in the street and getting covid is not comparable to hundreds or thousands of kids getting covid at school.

 

Just imagine these ten kids each go to a different school.  They each pass it onto several of their classmates and teachers, they then pass it on to their friends and other teachers, then they take it home to their parents and grandparents.  That's a lot more than simply those close to the original kids.

 

Again, not sure how people cannot comprehend that.

4 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

How could they not?

 

Of course.  But ten neighbourhood kids hanging out together in the street and getting covid is not comparable to hundreds or thousands of kids getting covid at school.

 

Just imagine these ten kids each go to a different school.  They each pass it onto several of their classmates and teachers, they then pass it on to their friends and other teachers, then they take it home to their parents and grandparents.  That's a lot more than simply those close to the original kids.

 

Again, not sure how people cannot comprehend that.

I tried to comprehend it at the time (and on this Forum).  But in hindsight I believe it has generally been accepted (globally) as an over-reaction that had minimal effect.

7 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I tried to comprehend it at the time (and on this Forum).  But in hindsight I believe it has generally been accepted (globally) as an over-reaction that had minimal effect.

"Minimal effect", so it did have an effect which saved lives......????

57 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Unless they were exchanging raised eyebrows while you weren't looking and then slagged you off when you left.

And you'd care about that because....?

Amazing how Covid always uses a calander and a clock. Comes out after midnight and changes it's plans on the 1st of a month ????????????

17 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I tried to comprehend it at the time (and on this Forum).  But in hindsight I believe it has generally been accepted (globally) as an over-reaction that had minimal effect.

I think some have admitted that perhaps the virus was not as deadly as first thought, but I haven't heard anyone say that face masks didn't work, and we have, of course, seen numbers go up since anti-covid measures were reduced. If Delta was still around, even that might not be possible.

 

Keeping children at home from school reduced transmission, as do face masks and social distancing. We can obviously discuss whether the reduction in cases was/is worth the impact on people's lives, but I don't think you can refute the facts of their effectiveness.

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