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New quarantine orders for foreigners and Thais in Chiang Mai


Puwa

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Just saw this on cm108.com

 

The governor has ordered that all foreigners entering Chiang Mai must enter a 14 day quarantine. If you have your own residence, you can do it at home. If not, it is suggested that there will be mandatory quarantine locations specified. The same rules apply to Thais entering from high-risk locations. All must inform local health authorities or local officials for monitoring.

 

So this applies, for example, to those who have left Chiang Mai for the burning season, even if they haven't exited the country.

 

https://www.cm108.com/w/25204/

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17 minutes ago, holy cow cm said:

My daughter comes in to the airport today. They better not be serious about it today. 

Please do report back about what kinds of guidelines she is given to follow, if any.

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So....My Thai wife and I have spent the last month in the clear air down south in a non 'high risk' region. When we drive home to Chiang Mai I need to self-quarantine for 14 days and she is free to roam as she pleases  !!   Thai logic at it's best.

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11 minutes ago, HungDonger said:

So....My Thai wife and I have spent the last month in the clear air down south in a non 'high risk' region. When we drive home to Chiang Mai I need to self-quarantine for 14 days and she is free to roam as she pleases  !!   Thai logic at it's best.

We're in the same situation, having fled the burning season a few weeks ago, before things took a turn for the worse. We were going to stay here in our non-high-risk seaside province until late April, but have decided to go back to Chiang Mai next week, while the getting is still good, concerned that highway travel may be curtailed in the future. If you're driving back, take note that the new rule is that you must wear a mask at all times, even in your own vehicle, or risk a 20k baht fine. Absolute rollicking thunderstorm underway here at the moment.

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Do they have road blocks set up around the city like they did in 2014?  Are they tagging white expats and escorting them to their residence and locking the door?
I live in Lamphun but have family living in Chiang Mai.  I really wonder how far they want to put the racism.  Farang = Covid Carrier.  Looks like Mae Hong Song just went that direction.  I'm thinking it's only going to take a little push and expats living here will wake up one morning to find they they are being herded into trucks and moved to internment camps to wait out the War On Coronavirus.  Where have we seen this before? 

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5 hours ago, HungDonger said:

So....My Thai wife and I have spent the last month in the clear air down south in a non 'high risk' region. When we drive home to Chiang Mai I need to self-quarantine for 14 days and she is free to roam as she pleases  !!   Thai logic at it's best.

No.  Racist logic at its best. In a 'national emergency' the racism boils to the surface for all to see.  That's all. 

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5 hours ago, Puwa said:

If you're driving back, take note that the new rule is that you must wear a mask at all times, even in your own vehicle, or risk a 20k baht fine.

Can you source that.  Not being cheeky but I'd like to know where you read that all drivers must wear masks in their cars.  I drive highway 11 a lot, and I don't see anything like that.  People aren't wearing masks in their cars. But I know where they set up road blocks, so if true, we'll don them before the check points. If true it's simply a ludicrous example of authoritarian over-reach bordering on utter stupidity. 

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18 hours ago, Lacessit said:

That's going to be interesting. I have a friend who is coming back from Pattaya in May. He doesn't tolerate fools gladly, so he may well stay there.

Well, he's going to have to do what he's told to do, or risk the consequences, no choice.

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