News Forum - Public Health Minister barred entry to Switzerland over vaccine requirements

[Thaiger]

Switzerland barred entry to Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, reportedly for not meeting the country’s Covid-19 vaccination requirements, and Thai media reports that the minister missed a World Health Organisation meeting. Anutin was the first person in Thailand to be injected with a Covid-19 vaccine on February 28, kicking off the country’s mass immunisation campaign. He was injected with China’s Sinovac vaccine while PM Prayut Chan-o-cha was later inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine. The health minister later received a second dose of Sinovac and a third “booster” dose of AstraZeneca as the Sinovac vaccine was later found to be […]

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[Bluesofa]

It couldn't happen to a nicer chap.

[gummy]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:29 AM, Bluesofa said:

It couldn't happen to a nicer chap.

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Hoped they called him a dirty Thai   Mind you I'm surprised  he didn't call up his big mate who has just started dossing down next door again to see if he could bike over and pull a few strings.

[DiJoDavO]

Hope he learned how it feels but knowing him, I guess he will now really crack down on foreigners. 

[Bluesofa]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:36 AM, gummy said:

Hoped they called him a dirty Thai   Mind you I'm surprised  he didn't call up his big mate who has just started dossing down next door again to see if he could bike over and pull a few strings.

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'pull a few strings' is that diplomatic speech for 'threaten a few people'?

[Jason]

Oh dear,dear,dear.....what a mess! Karma?

[King Cotton]

I wonder what Anutin will be doing this evening, apart from nipping round to the local pharmacy for something that removes egg from faces . . . lots of egg !

[Jason]

Good thing the Swiss don't have the Thailand Pass

[Bluesofa]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:42 AM, King Cotton said:

I wonder what Anutin will be doing this evening, apart from nipping round to the local pharmacy for something that removes egg from faces . . . lots of egg.

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Some 'whitening cream' no doubt.

[Jason]

Oh Dear...what a mess! Sadly, no brown bags in Switzerland...

[anarchofarmer]

Love it! can't help but wonder if the "dirty foreigner" who declined to participate in his state sponsored magnanimous ego enhancing face mask hand out was, in fact, Swiss! maybe a customs or immigration officer in his home country?? Karma being such a bitch!!!!

[palooka]

" to attend business meetings."

With his bank maybe, with a couple of suitcases.

[palooka]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:40 AM, DiJoDavO said:

Hope he learned how it feels but knowing him, I guess he will now really crack down on foreigners. 

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Look out Swiss.

[gummy]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:41 AM, Bluesofa said:

'pull a few strings' is that diplomatic speech for 'threaten a few people'?

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garrotting for fun 

[palooka]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:42 AM, King Cotton said:

I wonder what Anutin will be doing this evening, apart from nipping round to the local pharmacy for something that removes egg from faces . . . lots of egg.

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Diplomatic passport and all, must really be smarting.  Bet someone in his office will get the blame though.

[gummy]

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:05 AM, palooka said:

Diplomatic passport and all, must really be smarting.  Bet someone in his office will get the blame though.

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Perhaps you mean "Bet someone in his orifice will get the blame " 

[palooka]

It's nice when there is really good news for a change, lightens the heart and spirit.  Made my day.

[mickkotlarski]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:29 AM, Bluesofa said:

It couldn't happen to a nicer chap.

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I was thinking the exact same thing.

[mickkotlarski]

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:08 AM, palooka said:

It's nice when there is really good news for a change, lightens the heart and spirit.  Made my day.

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You and me both Palooka.

[gummy]

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:08 AM, palooka said:

It's nice when there is really good news for a change, lightens the heart and spirit.  Made my day.

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Indeed and proof that Karma really does exist.

[mickkotlarski]

  On 11/12/2021 at 10:42 AM, Jason said:

Oh dear,dear,dear.....what a mess! Karma?

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Poetic justice!!

[Bluesofa]

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:08 AM, gummy said:

Perhaps you mean "Bet someone in his orifice will get the blame " 

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Eric Morecambe would say, "Arse-nal"

[mickkotlarski]

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:10 AM, gummy said:

Indeed and proof that Karma really does exist.

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This is the best news I've heard in a while about instant justice.

[BlueSphinx]

On the website with the covid-19 approved vaccines for entering Switzerland < https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/empfehlungen-fuer-reisende/quarantaene-einreisende.html > it reads:

Which COVID-19 vaccines allow entry to Switzerland?

People who have received one of the following vaccines can enter Switzerland:

• Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2 / Comirnaty® / Tozinameran)
• Moderna (mRNA-1273 / Spikevax / COVID-19 vaccine Moderna)
• AstraZeneca (AZD1222 Vaxzevria®/ Covishield™)
• Janssen / Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S)
• Sinopharm / BIBP (SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell))
• Sinovac (CoronaVac)
• COVAXIN®

>> But this begs the question WHY Anutin was refused entry to that recent WHO-meeting in Switzerland.  Allegedly he had 2 shots of SinoVac (fist one in February) and according to the ThaiGer article he also had the AZ booster-shot.

[gummy]

  On 11/12/2021 at 11:26 AM, BlueSphinx said:

On the website with the covid-19 approved vaccines for entering Switzerland < https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/krankheiten/ausbrueche-epidemien-pandemien/aktuelle-ausbrueche-epidemien/novel-cov/empfehlungen-fuer-reisende/quarantaene-einreisende.html > it reads:

Which COVID-19 vaccines allow entry to Switzerland?

People who have received one of the following vaccines can enter Switzerland:

• Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2 / Comirnaty® / Tozinameran)
• Moderna (mRNA-1273 / Spikevax / COVID-19 vaccine Moderna)
• AstraZeneca (AZD1222 Vaxzevria®/ Covishield™)
• Janssen / Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S)
• Sinopharm / BIBP (SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell))
• Sinovac (CoronaVac)
• COVAXIN®

>> But this begs the question WHY Anutin was refused entry to that recent WHO-meeting in Switzerland.  Allegedly he had 2 shots of SinoVac (fist one in February) and according to the ThaiGer article he also had the AZ booster-shot.

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But then perhaps he didn't !