News Forum - Thailand News Update | Thailand declaring Covid-19 situation as ‘endemic’ by July 1

[Thaiger]

The Thai public health ministry says it intends to stick to its schedule of declaring the Covid situation in Thailand ‘endemic’ by July 1. Since April 1 the number of new daily infections has fallen sharply but a ministry spokesperson yesterday noted that the number of daily deaths is continuing to rise and has been over 100 people each day for the past 10 days. A number of medical academics were predicting that a surge after the Songkran holiday could reach up to 100,000 new infections per day, which would be a sudden reversal of the current situation. Meanwhile the […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

remove the PCR test on arrival for international travellers and replace it with an ATK test on arrival. The current test on arrival still involves a pre-paid one stay in an SHA plus hotel.

According to Barrow, you might still need to book an SHA hotel to take the ATK test. Quite an expensive 15 minute hotel stay...

[Cabra]

In short, Thailandpass and TnG will continue until 1 July

[rc1]

3 hours ago, DoUKnowWhoIAm said:

According to Barrow, you might still need to book an SHA hotel to take the ATK test. Quite an expensive 15 minute hotel stay...

 

That's completely unworkable and illogical to require a hotel booking. An ART gives a result at most within 15-20 mins, really immediately in most cases. 

Having said that, unworkable/illogical  seems to be a hallmark of the response , so lets see , if they can dream it, they can do it!