Omicron update in Thailand
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Thailand News Today | New Test & Go program draws huge criticism!
In today’s news, again, new entry requirements are criticized for being too expensive and not making much sense. Meanwhile, Pattaya walking street wants to shape itself up for the kids, and over a hundred police officers failed to catch a handful of drug suspects…for the fourth time. All this is coming up in today’s program. You’re watching Thailand News Today,…
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Thailand News Update | Test & Go compulsory insurance policies
As the dust settles on yesterday’s announcement of the reopening of the Test and Go program, the details are slowly emerging of a Test & Go, version 2, which will now require additional paperwork and expenses, including an additional PCR test on Day 5. This means you have to book an SHA+ hotel for both Day 1 and Day 5 of…
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Thailand News Update | Tweaks for the revised Test & Go announced today!
Tweaks for the revised Test & Go will be debated by the CCSA and hopefully announced today. A few leaks indicate that the Test & Go program will, indeed, be re-introduced but there will be tightening of aspects of the program. If the rumours are true, arrivals will undergo two PCR tests during their initial seven days, the first when…
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Thailand News Update | Legalising cannabis & 8 mil tourist to Thailand in 2022
Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Ministry has dusted off its calculator this morning and is predicting there will be at least 8 million tourists coming to Thailand this year. A few weeks ago they were predicting 10 – 5 million arrivals for 2022. Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn made the random prediction at the same time he told Thai media he…
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Thailand News Update | Health Ministry to propose re-opening Test & Go
The Public Health Ministry says they’ll make a proposal to reopen registration for the Test & Go quarantine exemption scheme at this week’s CCSA meeting. The next CCSA general meeting, which is chaired by PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, is scheduled for Thursday.Registration for entry under the Test & Go program was closed following local fears over the Omicron variant in Thailand…
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Thailand News Today | 400+ Bars Apply To Re-open as Restaurants
The president of the Airlines Association of Thailand says the government must allow the Test & Go entry scheme to resume as soon as possible. The scheme was suspended on December 21 as the Omicron Covid variant was just starting to spread rapidly across the globe. Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, who is also the boss of Bangkok Airways, says the scheme was working…
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Thailand News Update | Inflation rises up & Labour shortage in Thailand
Thailand has a perfect demographic storm heading its way after two years of very swift change in the local employment market. Whilst people scrambled to find new employment in the early days, and are now gainfully self employed, employers are complaining of acute labour shortages.This problem has been exacerbated by the closure of the borders stopping the flow of migrant…
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Thailand News Update | Rising pork prices leads Thais to eat crocodile instead!
Thailand’s Deputy PM, and loyal political sidekick to the PM Prayut, Prawit Wongsuwan, has met with China’s new ambassador to discuss continued cooperation between China and Thailand. The new Ambassador of China Han Zhiqiang visited the Thai Deputy Prime Minister in a staged courtesy call where the pair discussed a variety of topics.The 2 discussed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that was…
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Thailand News Today | Quarantine insurance for tourist to Thailand
In today’s news, The Thai government looks to address the issue of health insurance that will also cover mild symptoms. Meanwhile, the tourist sector urges the government to delay the 300-baht tourism fee, and the Thai Prime Minister for some reason feels the need to fortify the fence around Government House. All this is coming up in today’s program. You’re…
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Thailand News Update | Bad timing for new tourist tax in Thailand?
At precisely the same time the Thai government are trying to lure even a few travellers to come back to the Kingdom, the government will start collecting a 300 baht entry fee from foreign tourists starting on April 1. The fee is included in the Tourism and Sports Ministry’s “Amazing Thailand New Chapter” plan and the money will be for the…
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Thailand News Today | High demand for sandbox entry into Thailand
In today’s news, Phuket is proving popular with foreign tourists, social media uncovers the aftermath of the Full Moon party, and a survey reveals the pandemic is taking a big toll on mental health. All this is coming up in today’s program. You’re watching Thailand News Today, bringing you the latest headlines in Thailand and beyond. And in today’s news. …
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Thailand News Today | Covid-19 infections could reach 20,000 per day
In today’s news, CCSA says new Covid-19 infections in Thailand could reach 20,000 per day, the ghost ship reported yesterday is now believed to be a smuggler’s vessel, and a hospital denies its 39 million person database was hacked – well how did it get the internet then? All this is coming up in today’s program. You’re watching Thailand News…
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Thailand News Update | New Sandboxes open today
New cases of Covid-19 could leap over 20,000 a day by the end of the month unless precautions are taken seriously, that’s straight from the mouth of the CCSA spokesperson yesterday.She said that the current situation corresponds with earlier modelling by the Public Health Ministry that daily cases may surge past 20,000 by the end of this month, and even…
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Thailand News Today | Test & Go update, ‘Ghost ship’ found sinking in Thai gulf
In today’s news, yet another update on the Test & Go cutoff date, a “ghost ship” was spotted in the Gulf of Thailand, and man drives into a pond while looking at his GPS. All this is coming up in today’s program. You’re watching Thailand News Today, bringing you the latest headlines in Thailand and beyond. And in case you…
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Thailand News Update | Test & Go, Sandboxes and Blue Zones?
Last Friday’s announced new Covid-19 restrictions and regulations were passed into law yesterday and enacted in the Royal Gazette. The Test & Go program, that allowed people to enter without quarantine, requiring only a short wait while their PCR test results came back, has been suspended indefinitely since December 22. So new applications for Test & Go into Thailand are not…
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Thailand News Update | Meeting today about Thailand Pass and local restriction updates
So we start Friday with a focus on this afternoon’s CCSA meeting. Apart from confirming the further postponement of the Test and Go program and a possible sunset date for existing Thailand passes, it looks likely that there will be some new restrictions coming down from the meeting.Here are some of the matters being discussed in the media following quotes…
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Thailand News update | Travellers rushing to get into Thailand & mass tourist cancellations
Cancellations are now starting to mount up for many tourism operators and hotels around the country as the extended suspension of the Test & Go program is starting to frame the situation for the remainder of what’s left for the high season.Pongsakorn Ketprapakorn, the president of the Tourism Council of Phangnga, told the Bangkok Post that around 60% of bookings…
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Thailand News Today | No plans to resume the Test & Go scheme
The government currently has no plans to resume the Test & Go scheme. Thailand’s Health Minister says the re-opening of nightlife venues should be postponed given the number of businesses that failed to implement disease prevention measures. Phuket hotel operators have come up with a solution for asymptomatic guests who test positive for the Omicron variant but refuse to be…
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Thailand News update | Hotel isolation for asymptomatic guests & Re-opening bars
Thailand’s bars were being told that they would have to wait until after January 15 to reopen. But the business owners and staff’s patience is going to be tested again after the health minister is trying to postpone that date as well. The hotel industry in Phuket is preparing to offer a hotel isolation for asymptomatic guests in a major…
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Thailand News Update | Proposal to extend T&G postponement & New Chon Buri rules
Public health minister says… in the interests of health and safety, we have decided to delay the Test & Go scheme further. Proposal to go to CCSA. In Phuket, the local Public Health Office is urging tourism and business operators to strictly comply with all disease control measures, in particularly the regular use of rapid antigen test kits. The situation…
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Thailand news today | Samui urges government to reconsider entry schemes
Tourism operators on Koh Samui are urging the government to reconsider the suspension of the Test & Go entry scheme. The Public Health Ministry says the Omicron variant is spreading rapidly in Thailand and has now been confirmed in 33 provinces.
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Thailand News Update | Omicron variant spreading rapidly in Thailand
Omicron infections in Thailand have now reached 740 cases across 33 provinces. The government’s road accident prevention campaign, known as the 7 Dangerous Days Campaign, officially kicked off yesterday and will last until January 4th. Plans for a one-time cash payout to aid registered nightlife workers made unemployed by Thailand’s Covid restrictions are coming to fruition with the first round…
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Thailand News Today | Possible added restrictions & Full Moon Party goes ahead
The Public Health Ministry says that despite early studies showing Omicron may result in milder illness. With New Year’s fast approaching and fears of restrictions hampering the all-out party festivities, Koh Phangan officials have put out a release announcing the rules and restrictions for the famous Full Moon Party New Year’s Countdown. Chiang Mai health officials are ordering hoteliers to…
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Thailand News Today | Omicron slows down Thailands tourism for this new year
Thailand is preparing for a potential outbreak of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, —with plans to revive the home isolation programme. The normally optimistic Tourism Authority of Thailand is feeling slightly more downbeat amid concerns about a potential Omicron outbreak. The southern island of Phuket is getting ready to welcome renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who will help to ring in…
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Thailand News Update | No cutoff for approved entry schemes & TUI flights to Phuket
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that there will be no travel cutoff date for travelers approved to enter Thailand under the Test & Go or Sandbox entry schemes. Well, at least for now, although the test and go, and Sandbox, entry programs will be reviewed on January 4. Following the cancellation of Thailand’s “Test & Go” tourist scheme,…
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Thailand News Today | Worst case Omicron scenario & Tsunami prep dangers
Following the discovery of more cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in Thailand, the Public Health Ministry says it will outline worst-case scenarios in a statement expected tomorrow. 17 years after the Boxing Day tsunami devastated Thailand’s Andaman coast, the country remains unprepared for a repeat performance. A body of a foreign man, police estimate to be around 50 years…
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Thailand News Update | Covid flight risks & Forced labour in Thai prisons
Thai Department of Corrections denies brutal portrait of forced labour, violence, and coercion in Thailand’s prison system. 37 percent of Thais support no political party and believe there is no suitable leader for the role of prime minister. CCSA is warning that the chances of catching Covid-19 on flights has increased because of the more transmissible new Omicron variant. Health…
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Thailand News Update | No more test & go in Thailand, Omicron update
Registration closed at midnight last night for travellers wishing to enter Thailand under the Test & Go quarantine exemption programme and the Sandbox entry scheme, with the exception of Phuket. Super Typhoon Rai’s official death toll has risen to 375. A five year old girl was shot and killed while she was playing with her cousins at the village chief’s…
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Thailand News Today | Omicron surge warning, Pfizer reveals pill results
The Department of Medical Services says Thailand could end up dealing with a surge of Omicron infections after the end-of-year celebrations. The tourist hotspot of Maya Bay, in the southern province of Krabi, will re-open as scheduled on New Year’s Day. Japan has donated 17 second-hand diesel trains to Thailand which will be refurbished and ready to be in service…
