News Forum - Thai government to consider cancelling Test & Go entry scheme – Health Minister

[Thaiger]

Nearly two months after Thailand opened its doors to international tourism, the country may tighten restrictions and cancel the quarantine exemption scheme, Test & Go. In an interview on Channel 9, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that the Thai government will discuss whether to cancel the entry scheme due to the uptick in Omicron cases. So far, there have been 63 confirmed Omicron cases in Thailand. All of the cases have been imported from overseas, but health officials say a possible local transmission is still under review. Test & Go was launched on November 1, allowing vaccinated travellers from […]

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[Marc26]

14 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Nearly two months after Thailand opened its doors to international tourism, the country may tighten restrictions and cancel the quarantine exemption scheme, Test & Go. In an interview on Channel 9, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said that the Thai government will discuss whether to cancel the entry scheme due to the uptick in Omicron cases. So far, there have been 63 confirmed Omicron cases in Thailand. All of the cases have been imported from overseas, but health officials say a possible local transmission is still under review. Test & Go was launched on November 1, allowing vaccinated travellers from […]

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Probably wise and inevitable 

We booked for Jan 20th but doubt that will happen now 

 

We are currently in Boston and may scrap Xmas and head home in a couple of days

 

We just don't want the hassle of testing positive and getting stuck here

 

It is exploding here in US, with many breakthrough cases as well

[Cabra]

Is anyone really surprised by this? 

[Prosaap]

You pic the infected out with the arrival pcr test so why need to lock all people in quarantine up again even talking about it make people canceling there holiday already 

[KaptainRob]

6 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

Probably wise and inevitable 

We booked for Jan 20th but doubt that will happen now 

We are currently in Boston and may scrap Xmas and head home in a couple of days

We just don't want the hassle of testing positive and getting stuck here

Move your booking forward ad grab a Thai Pass asap?

The alternate may simply be a reversion to 10/14 days ASQ or Sandbox ... the latter would suit you I think.

Will Canada close the US border?

[Easterneye]

When omicron takes off in Thailand ( and it will ) just like it has here in Europe it’s gonna hit really hard , luckily the majority of us are now triple jabbed with decent stuff from Pfizer , the random sinnovac jabs plus the low uptake is gonna see big probs for Thais when it sweeps through 

[stevenkongju]

I have my Thai Pass and arrive in Thailand on December 23. I sure hope the government mulls this over slowly.

[Stonker]

32 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

Probably wise and inevitable 

We booked for Jan 20th but doubt that will happen now 

We are currently in Boston and may scrap Xmas and head home in a couple of days

We just don't want the hassle of testing positive and getting stuck here

It is exploding here in US, with many breakthrough cases as well

 

23 minutes ago, KaptainRob said:

Move your booking forward ad grab a Thai Pass asap?

The alternate may simply be a reversion to 10/14 days ASQ or Sandbox ... the latter would suit you I think.

Will Canada close the US border?

I agree with @KR - if you're coming, make it quick!

According to the source, Matichon, the change is a lot more sure than "may" and will be soon.

[Stonker]

3 minutes ago, stevenkongju said:

I have my Thai Pass and arrive in Thailand on December 23. I sure hope the government mulls this over slowly.

If you can move your flight forward even a day I'd do so!

[RampantRabbit]

37 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

Probably wise and inevitable 

We booked for Jan 20th but doubt that will happen now 

We are currently in Boston and may scrap Xmas and head home in a couple of days

We just don't want the hassle of testing positive and getting stuck here

It is exploding here in US, with many breakthrough cases as well

Yeah u could  end  up  in hospital  like  this  poor  fella

[Uma]

Omg I have booked my flights 5th tickets don’t canceled am last two years for this trip 

[astro]

Luckily I swallowed the seasonally high flight prices, all the red tape and got here a week ago.

Was about time after a two-year break.

[Bazza1]

Surely the Thai government should consider the amount of people who already have their Thailand Pass and have already paid out for pcr test in their country and also large amounts for SHA 1 day pcr packages in Thailand let alone flights and accommodation. These people should be considered and still allowed to travel because they've done everything that Thailand has required them to do

[Marc26]

50 minutes ago, KaptainRob said:

Move your booking forward ad grab a Thai Pass asap?

The alternate may simply be a reversion to 10/14 days ASQ or Sandbox ... the latter would suit you I think.

Will Canada close the US border?

No we just don't want to hassle if testing positive,  anywhere 

And this Omicron is just exploding....

Want to get back to Canada and stay put 

[Marc26]

24 minutes ago, Stonker said:

I agree with @KR - if you're coming, make it quick!

According to the source, Matichon, the change is a lot more sure than "may" and will be soon.

No we will just scrap it altogether 

It was a "bonus" trip before a big scheduled trip in spring

So not the biggest deal

Bummed I won't see my stepson, but that's the world we are in now....

 

Honestly we are looking to scrap Xmas and get back to Canada in the next couple of days 

[KaptainRob]

7 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

No we just don't want to hassle if testing positive,  anywhere 

And this Omicron is just exploding....

Want to get back to Canada and stay put 

I'll not make up the guest suite just yet then 

[ace035]

Panic mode from Mr. Anutin again, there it is, back to square 1

[Stonker]

30 minutes ago, Bazza1 said:

Surely the Thai government should consider the amount of people who already have their Thailand Pass and have already paid out for pcr test in their country and also large amounts for SHA 1 day pcr packages in Thailand let alone flights and accommodation. These people should be considered and still allowed to travel because they've done everything that Thailand has required them to do

I rather hope they'll consider the Thai people as their priority .

[JustaGuy]

They should have a cut off date and not implement it suddenly. If not flights and hotel bookings will go up in smoke

[Bobdown]

So if I come in under sandbox...I just stay in Phuket? ...  Im ok  with that too.

[Stonker]

47 minutes ago, Marc26 said:

No we will just scrap it altogether 

It was a "bonus" trip before a big scheduled trip in spring

So not the biggest deal

Bummed I won't see my stepson, but that's the world we are in now....

Honestly we are looking to scrap Xmas and get back to Canada in the next couple of days 

Thank God I'm in the only place I want to be, with the only people I want to be with.

So many others aren't as fortunate, now more than ever.

[DiJoDavO]

1 hour ago, Easterneye said:

it’s gonna hit really hard

As hard as a pillow.

Unfortunately the restrictions will hit as hard as a brick in our face.

[Treasurefish]

Governments are supposed to be boring.  These constant changes upend people's lives. Please try to be more predictable and not have a knee jerk reaction to everything. People need jobs and sanity. 

[DiJoDavO]

28 minutes ago, ace035 said:

Panic mode from Mr. Anutin again, there it is, back to square 1

Isn't it panic mode from Europe? And Anutin who doesn't look further and believes everything? 

The doctor who discovered Omicron said they have no clue why Europe is reacting so weird as the virus is very very very mild. 

Again, people rather chose fear, and use safety as an excuse. These people after 10 years or so, will look back to this moment and will feel ashamed of what they believed. (well, if the Covid bs has stopped in 10 years)

[js89]

I'm supposed to be flying on the 22nd, arriving on 23rd. I booked direct on Thai Airways for an insane price and I doubt they'll refund.