quarantine in Thailand

  • Thailand NewsTrang residents with Covid complain of lack of food in government’s aid packages

    Trang residents with Covid complain of lack of food in government’s aid packages

    A number of locals in the southern province Trang say provincial authorities have skimped on the aid packages for those in home isolation while they recover from Covid-19. During the 10-day mandatory time in self-quarantine, the residents say authorities have only been giving them instant noodles, canned fish, and rice… not the three meals a day they say they were…

  • Thailand NewsTeenager reports sexual assault at co-ed isolation centre for Covid-19 patients

    Teenager reports sexual assault at co-ed isolation centre for Covid-19 patients

    A teenager staying in a community isolation centre while recovering from Covid-19 says she was sexually assaulted by a young man staying in the same room, adding that there were no authorities monitoring the patients. Many of Thailand’s field hospitals and isolation centres have numerous beds made from cardboard boxes all in one large room, like a gymnasium. The 15…

  • Thailand video newsThailand News Today | Tourism sector calls for full reopening in March

    Thailand News Today | Tourism sector calls for full reopening in March

    Tourism operators have written an open letter to PM Prayut Chan-o-cha and other government officials, calling for the country to be fully re-opened to foreign visitors from March. In the letter, the groups say they want all entry restrictions ditched, including the Thailand Pass and PCR testing on arrival, and want Covid declared endemic. They point to several other countries,…

  • Thailand NewsThose who don’t report positive ATK results can face penalties – DDC director

    Those who don’t report positive ATK results can face penalties – DDC director

    Has your at-home Covid-19 test come out positive? If so, report the results to government health officials. Those who do not report their result can face charges. Speaking at a press conference, the director-general of the Department of Disease Control, Opas Karnkawinpong, warned that anyone who finds themselves infected with Covid-19 by using the ATK test and keeps it a…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai quarantine confusion – do ASQ hotels know about April 1 changes?

    Thai quarantine confusion – do ASQ hotels know about April 1 changes?

    A gentleman from Sacramento, California, 43 years old, wanted to come to Thailand for Songkran, and then some further exploration. But, with all the changes announced by the government, the restrictions imposed recently for Songkran celebrations, and the hotels still advertising for 14 day quarantines, he’s found it a complete minefield. His main complaint – people ‘on the ground’ don’t…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Samui and Phuket request 1 million vaccines, Covid update | March 23

    Thailand News Today | Samui and Phuket request 1 million vaccines, Covid update | March 23

      401 new Covid-19 cases and 1 new death have been reported today. Most of the cases were at an immigration detention centre in Bangkok’s Bang Khen district. Thailand currently has 1,419 active Covid-19 infections. A total of 92 deaths have now been recorded as a result of the coronavirus. A 75 year old Thai man in Bangkok died after…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Quarantine times reduced, foreign students CAN attend protests | March11

    Thailand News Today | Quarantine times reduced, foreign students CAN attend protests | March11

    Hints of a possible return of the former Immigration Bureau poster boy Surachet Hakparn, a rise in the official speed limit for Thai highways, foreigners told they CAN take part in protests and some rumours about an impending opening of Maya Bay. But first to a survey we posted this morning about what we might be able to do in…

  • Thailand NewsThailand News Today | Polishing the Area Quarantine, protesters moved to prison | March10

    Thailand News Today | Polishing the Area Quarantine, protesters moved to prison | March10

    Ministers are meeting in Phuket today to discuss the details of the new area quarantine, the Thai PM anoints the media scrum by spraying hand sanitiser at them…. or something, and the north and north east of Thailand today are facing very poor air quality, Chiang Mai getting the award for having the worst air quality in the world today…

  • Tourism NewsThe Area Hotel Quarantine – tweaking Thailand’s arrival options

    The Area Hotel Quarantine – tweaking Thailand’s arrival options

    We spoke about the new proposal for an Area Hotel Quarantine last Friday and in Thailand News Today. The mandatory 14 day quarantine (magically extended a couple of days at many facilities at the foreigner’s cost) remains the key sticking point for the return of tourists or travellers, in any significant or useful numbers. A number of visas and quarantine…

  • Tourism NewsThailand – the Covid vaccine and quarantine | VIDEO

    Thailand – the Covid vaccine and quarantine | VIDEO

    Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has issued an official statement stating that, in the short to medium term, “everyone entering Thailand has to do at least a 14 day quarantine”. “The quarantine will apply, even those people who have been vaccinated.” The Public Health Ministry says the reason is because the vaccination process has only just begun in some countries around…