News Forum - Phuket plans new screening measures for visitors, effective Wednesday

[Thaiger]

Phuket is planning new screening measures for visitors starting Wednesday. The Phuket communicable disease committee announced the measures yesterday, which will require visitors who wish to see the island to provide evidence of where they are staying in Phuket with payment made in advance. Visitors will also be required to register through this website and show a QR code to officials at screening points. The measures will be enforced from Wednesday until September 14. The officials say there will be exceptions for public health professionals who work in Phuket, and patients who need medical treatment on the island. The Nation […]

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[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

"The officials say there will be exceptions for public health professionals who work in Phuket, and patients who need medical treatment on the island. The Nation Thailand says that patients must show evidence of a doctor’s appointment and the patient must have been vaccinated with the required doses for at least 14 days, or the patient must have recovered from Covid within 90 days"

 

 

I thought all visitors on the island were patients?

[billywillyjones]

Expect all of these measures to fade away in a month or two as the Thai govt is finally starting to come to its senses and accept the ineveitable which is a highly contagious virus that does not warrant destroying your economy.

[AlexPTY]

Didn't you figured out that it's not visitors who should be blamed? 

[vlad]

what about screening the people who are spreading the virus most instead of making it out that its the tourists spreading it. 

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

2 hours ago, Thaiger said:

The Phuket communicable disease committee announced the measures yesterday, which will require visitors who wish to see the island to provide evidence of where they are staying in Phuket with payment made in advance.

And should not Phuket be categorised as a Red Zone or even Dark Red Zone with the Covid case numbers that are occurring on a daily basis. When this occurs then other areas will project the same measures on Phuket people.

[Bendover]

We are going there for 30 days.....We travel around randomly, so i dont know where we will be in Thailand in day 22 of our stay.....so to have proof of all hotels paid in advance.....kinda sucks for spontaneous travelling...even if we just stay in Phuket and the islands....

Also, will we have to get tested a few times each at 100us each time?....thats like another 520cdn

Hope some of these policies change for jan.2022...

We are both double vaccinated...phizer 

[Lowseasonlover]

 

Rawai sea gypsy village under lockdown

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https://www.thephuketnews.com/rawai-sea-gypsy-village-under-lockdown-81357.php

 

[Lowseasonlover]

Yesterday I noticed another 7/11 closed near to the gypsy village in Rawai