News Forum - Thailand News Update | More Covid Restrictions Relaxed

[Thaiger]

Prepare for some more relaxation of Covid restrictions this week as the CCSA are set to meet to consider dropping some more measures that have been in place to curb the Coronavirus. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the ministry’s Department of Disease Control, says that Thailand was now moving in line with trends elsewhere in the world. He said yesterday… We need to get people to understand that the number of daily new cases is nothing to worry about.”We’ve lived with the disease for two years already, so it’s about time to move on together.”He said that the home isolation […]

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[Fundok]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Prepare for some more relaxation of Covid restrictions this week as the CCSA are set to meet to consider dropping some more measures that have been in place to curb the Coronavirus. Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the ministry’s Department of Disease Control, says that Thailand was now moving in line with trends elsewhere in the world. He said yesterday… We need to get people to understand that the number of daily new cases is nothing to worry about.”We’ve lived with the disease for two years already, so it’s about time to move on together.”He said that the home isolation […]

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So let's wait and see what this will mean for tourists (T&G, Sandbox), especially with regards to the confinement to quarantine (where to stay and how long). Actually, CCSA is now saying what I said repeatedly in previous posts: concentrate on areas where the infection risk is substantially increased and relax where it is not. So wearing a mask outdoors should be only mandatory where people flock together closely. And the testing regime for inbound travellers should be revised so that the test on day 5 is scrapped.

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

We need to get people to understand that the number of daily new cases is nothing to worry about.

Get people to understand? I think most (sane) people would love to ret rid of the restrictions. And remove all ridiculously complicated entry rules to benefit the tourism .