Thailand Opens to All Visitors, Recommends Health Insurance

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, Jan 5 (TNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Thailand was well prepared to welcome visitors from around the world including those who would start to arrive from China next week while relevant officials would be monitoring the COVID-19 situation.

 

After chairing a meeting on measures to welcome visitors, Mr Anutin said that existing disease control measures in the country were effective enough and would be applied to all visitors regardless of the countries from which they would arrive.

 

“In case that some countries require their arrivals to pass RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 before trips, such travelers will be required to have health insurance.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-1089135

 

-- © Copyright Thai News Agency 2023-01-05

 

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[Eleftheros]

All visitors to Thailand must show proof of at least two Covid-19 vaccinations under revised rules that coincide with the revival of travel from China, according to some national English-language newspaper in Thailand.

 

Hardly "measures to welcome visitors" - instead, a return to the insanity of 2021/2 which ruined the tourist industry.

 

So much for the economic revival driven by tourism. But I bet they can't keep it up for more than a month.

Edited January 5, 2023 by Eleftheros
direct quote removed

[KannikaP]

30 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

“In case that some countries require their arrivals to pass RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 before trips, such travelers will be required to have health insurance.

I read this as 'If you pass a PCR test in your own country, you will need Covid Insurance to enter Thailand' 

If you do not pass the test, you should not be allowed to get on the plane!

[Caldera]

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I read this as 'If you pass a PCR test in your own country, you will need Covid Insurance to enter Thailand' 

If you do not pass the test, you should not be allowed to get on the plane!

Not quite. If you need to pass a PCR test to fly out from Thailand (based on the entry requirements of the country you'll be flying to), you'll need Covid insurance for Thailand, to cover you in case you'll fail the test.

 

It will be a mess.

[redwood1]

8 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I read this as 'If you pass a PCR test in your own country, you will need Covid Insurance to enter Thailand' 

If you do not pass the test, you should not be allowed to get on the plane!

The covid tests were complete and total  rubbish....They never proved a thing..

[anchadian]

Only proposals.....nothing as yet set in stone.

[Eleftheros]

1 minute ago, redwood1 said:

The covid tests were complete and total  rubbish....They never proved a thing..

Not to mention all of those tourists who have already booked flights who may not have had the "vaccines" that Thailand is now demanding again.

 

A complete mess.

[proton]

Tim on the new rules

 

[tso310]

Another mess started by Anutin. 

[Lingba]

1 hour ago, Eleftheros said:

All visitors to Thailand must show proof of at least two Covid-19 vaccinations under revised rules that coincide with the revival of travel from China, according to some national English-language newspaper in Thailand.

 

Hardly "measures to welcome visitors" - instead, a return to the insanity of 2021/2 which ruined the tourist industry.

 

So much for the economic revival driven by tourism. But I bet they can't keep it up for more than a month.

I'll double the bet and say 2 weeks..another clusterf**k in the making

[CharlieH]

A troll coment and responses removed.

[FarAway]

This country is unbelievable. Land of fear, masks and jabs.

 

Meanwhile in USA, people are realizing the extend of this forced experiment in masses:

 

"The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that (49%) of American Adults believe it is likely that side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have caused a significant number of unexplained deaths, including 28% who think it’s Very Likely."

 

Source:

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/died_suddenly_more_than_1_in_4_think_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccines

 

 

In Europe it is the same. In my home country Germany there are hundreds of Doctors calling out.

What is going on in Thailand? Nothing. As usual. Keep your head down, swim with the flow, do not attract attention.

[Pi Tao]

Soon, Thai pass, season 2.

 

[jak2002003]

54 minutes ago, Pi Tao said:

Soon, Thai pass, season 2.

 

I predict that too.  ????

 

Thai pass, mandatory mask wearing everywhere outsode the house, temperature checks entering places,  booster and more vaccines for all the new varients, restricted bar opening times, dirty looks and avoiding anyone who is not Thai for fear they are disease ridden, etc etc.  So boring.  If this happens again I will leave.  I can't stand another round of that stupidity and political <deleted>! 

[Anton9]

22 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

I predict that too.  ????

 

Thai pass, mandatory mask wearing everywhere outsode the house, temperature checks entering places,  booster and more vaccines for all the new varients, restricted bar opening times, dirty looks and avoiding anyone who is not Thai for fear they are disease ridden, etc etc.  So boring.  If this happens again I will leave.  I can't stand another round of that stupidity and political <deleted>! 

This is not happening, there is a limit to stupidity.

[ukrules]

3 hours ago, redwood1 said:

The covid tests were complete and total  rubbish....They never proved a thing..

I know of a case personally where a friend of mine was ill, his wife and adopted kid were on holiday in Brazil, he lives in Europe.

 

He was ill and they were returning 2 days later, he did multiple test both the home ones and the proper PCR tests and all came back negative so they told him it was just a normal cold or flu type disease.

 

When the wife and kid arrived back they both developed covid and tested positive, he was definitely still ill for over a week but never did test positive - they probably caught it from him but who knows?

[zzaa09]

Nothing short of a racket.

[Puccini]

From the news article to which a link is given in the OP:

 

“In case that some countries require their arrivals to pass RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 before trips, such travelers will be required to have health insurance. This will benefit them if they are infected and must stay in Thailand until their recovery. Therefore, tourists should have their health insurance before visiting Thailand,” the [Thai] health minister said.

 

My question: Does China require that outbound passengers pass a Covid-19 test before travelling?

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Puccini

[tai4de2]

15 minutes ago, Puccini said:

From the news article to which a link is given in the OP:

 

“In case that some countries require their arrivals to pass RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 before trips, such travelers will be required to have health insurance. This will benefit them if they are infected and must stay in Thailand until their recovery. Therefore, tourists should have their health insurance before visiting Thailand,” the [Thai] health minister said.

 

My question: Does China require that outbound passengers pass a Covid-19 test before travelling?

 

I read the quoted article as being about *inbound* travelers to China. The sentence about how this benefits the traveler clarifies that, at least to me. 
 

It’s actually sensible reasoning, IMO. I’m glad Thailand is not overreacting. 

[webfact]

Four measures to be applied to foreign tourists, including those from China

 

 

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has adopted four measures to be applied to all tourists visiting Thailand, including those from China after the Chinese Government eases travel restrictions on their citizens on January 8th.

 

The measures are:

1. All visitors must have received at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine before their arrival
2. All visitors should take out health insurance coverage, which includes COVID-19, before their departure for Thailand
3. All visitors should wear face masks while travelling on public transport in Thailand and in public places and take rapid antigen tests if they develop COVID-like symptoms.
4. Visitors should postpone their visits to Thailand if they develop a respiratory disease.

The measures were proposed by a technical sub-committee of the National Communicable Disease Committee and were approved today (Thursday) at a joint meeting between the Public Health, Transport, Foreign Affairs and Tourism and Sports ministries, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Office of the Insurance Commission.

 

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who chaired the meeting, said that he is confident that Thailand is fully prepared to cope with the mass arrival of tourists from China and to take care of them.

 

He assured that all foreign tourists, including the Chinese, will be treated equally, without discrimination.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/four-measures-to-be-applied-to-foreign-tourists-including-those-from-china/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2023-01-06

 

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[ukrules]

It won't last a month

[crouchpeter]

8 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I read this as 'If you pass a PCR test in your own country, you will need Covid Insurance to enter Thailand' 

If you do not pass the test, you should not be allowed to get on the plane!

"Arrivals!"

[RandiRona]

Thailand has never been a leader, the countries which it is trying to follow is trying to make a political statement vis a vis China but those countries are not depending on Chinese tourists for revenues plus its ruining for other country's tourists as well who were planning to spend their winters here.

Thailand Hub of Dumb Decisions.

Edited January 5, 2023 by RandiRona

[jacko45k]

Just hold your horses..... this is iteration number one and I expect the usual back-pedaling! As corporal Jones might say, 'Don't Panic'....

[Eleftheros]

8 hours ago, Anton9 said:

This is not happening, there is a limit to stupidity.

"Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."  - often attributed to Albert Einstein.

[Willy Wombat]

Anything not to offend their Chinese mates.

[KannikaP]

13 hours ago, Caldera said:

Not quite. If you need to pass a PCR test to fly out from Thailand (based on the entry requirements of the country you'll be flying to), you'll need Covid insurance for Thailand, to cover you in case you'll fail the test.

 

It will be a mess.

I thought this was about people flying INTO Thailand.

If you fail the test, you shouldn't be flying anywhere.

[KannikaP]

5 hours ago, crouchpeter said:

"Arrivals!"

Please explain.

[ThailandRyan]

45 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Please explain.

Friend called me an hour ago as she is planning a quick trip to Phuket from the US, and just asked me about this. I had no answer for her. She was going to make flight arrangements to fly Into Phuket in 3 weeks.  Now she is rethinking her 1 month training trip for Muay Thai and instead thinking of going to Brazil to add to her training and test instead for her next belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. She is a UFC fighter.

Edited January 6, 2023 by ThailandRyan

[mikeymike100]

11 hours ago, Anton9 said:

This is not happening, there is a limit to stupidity.

In Thailand, i don't believe there is any such limit? ????