face masks in Thailand

  • Thailand NewsRatchaburi locals urge foreign tourists to wear face masks
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 10:46, 15 December 2022
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    Ratchaburi locals urge foreign tourists to wear face masks

    Residents in the central province of Ratchaburi urge foreign tourists to wear face masks while travelling in Thailand because the Covid-19 situation is expected to be more serious during the High Season. Channel 3 reported that they received a complaint from locals in Ratchaburi about the use of face masks among foreign tourists. Locals said that most Thai people still…

  • Thailand NewsCAAT insists air travellers still need to mask up on Thai flights
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 18:24, 30 June 2022
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    CAAT insists air travellers still need to mask up on Thai flights

    The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand today recommended that all travellers still need to wear face masks on flights because an airplane cabin is a confined area. The Royal Gazette last week announced that face mask wearing is a voluntary practice in an outdoor and airy place, but recommended that people wear masks in crowded areas and venues where social…

  • Bangkok NewsPassengers still required to wear face masks on BTS Skytrain
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 14:09, 24 June 2022
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    Passengers still required to wear face masks on BTS Skytrain

    Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain operator today insisted that all passengers still have to wear a face mask on their trains and around the platform area despite an announcement on the Royal Gazette platform that face mask wearing is now voluntary in Thailand. The Royal Gazette last night surprised people in Thailand with the official announcement that wearing masks is voluntary in…

  • Thailand NewsIt’s official – face masks now voluntary in most places in Thailand
    Tim NewtonPublished: 07:46, 24 June 2022
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    It’s official – face masks now voluntary in most places in Thailand

    Any face mask confusion is now clarified by the publishing of the latest edict in the Royal Gazette. “The wearing of a mask is a voluntary practice from now onwards so that people can now live closer to normal conditions. The Ministry of Public Health only recommends that the general public wear a mask when living with other people in…

  • Thailand NewsThailand tourism, innovate or die – OPINION
    Tim NewtonPublished: 10:11, 29 May 2022
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    Thailand tourism, innovate or die – OPINION

    Red flags are flying in Thai tourism circles as the expected wave of international travellers is failing to materialise in the expected numbers. With the post-April 1 and Songkran ‘surge’ out of the way, the daily arrivals have been ‘flat’. So the TAT say they’re pivoting their marketing to short-haul tourism as the long-haul markets and traditional travellers to Thailand…

  • Covid-19 NewsTravellers will still have to wear face masks post-endemic phase in Thailand
    PetePublished: 11:48, 12 May 2022
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    Travellers will still have to wear face masks post-endemic phase in Thailand

    As the number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand continues to decrease, the National Communicable Diseases Committee has started talking about post-pandemic measures or lingering preventative measure when the coronavirus is declared endemic in Thailand, including any requirement for travellers to wear face masks, according to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. Speaking to Thai media yesterday, he claimed that, with public collaboration…

  • Thailand NewsThailand’s Department of Health reveals 5-10% of population refuse to wear face masks
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 11:45, 29 April 2022
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    Thailand’s Department of Health reveals 5-10% of population refuse to wear face masks

    Thailand’s Department of Health says a survey on face masks conducted during Songkran reveals that more than 90% of the population in Thailand wears face masks in public spaces. However, another 5-10% “refused” to wear face masks, saying they are “uncomfortable”. Deputy Director-General of the Department of Health Ekkachai Piensiwatchara reported that 5-10% of the Thai population didn’t wear face…

  • Thailand NewsConvenience store employee attacked after telling a customer to wear a mask
    Petch PetpailinPublished: 12:31, 29 March 2022
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    Convenience store employee attacked after telling a customer to wear a mask

    Four teenagers were arrested after they allegedly attacked a convenience store clerk who told customers to wear face masks before entering the shop over the weekend. Surveillance camera footage from the shop in the central province of Ratchaburi shows a group of teenagers gathering around the 19 year old employee before attacking him, punching and kicking until he fell on…

  • Covid-19 NewsNowhere to hide: Face masks required in all 77 Thai provinces
    Neill FrondePublished: 18:14, 01 May 2021
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    Nowhere to hide: Face masks required in all 77 Thai provinces

    You hate them. We hate them. We all hate wearing them. You hate endless reporting on them. We hate writing over and over about it. But… Face masks. They are no longer optional anywhere in Thailand. First face masks became compulsory in a few places, then 31 provinces. Phuket even singled out “problem foreigners” refusing to wear masks. Soon 54 provinces…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai courts getting tough on face mask violations
    Maya TaylorPublished: 10:39, 29 April 2021
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    Thai courts getting tough on face mask violations

    People caught not wearing a face mask in a public space face stiff penalties, with the courts fining at least 9 people so far this week. Officials are cracking down on face mask violations as disease prevention measures are ramped up to curtail the spread of Covid-19. Certainly Thai police have shown their fervour for the crackdown and have been…