Fourteen day quarantine for tourists set to end - two plans mulled for April 1st start, sources suggest

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Fourteen day quarantine for tourists set to end - two plans mulled for April 1st start, sources suggest

 

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Sources in the Thai business media have suggested that plans are taking shape for an end to the 14 day quarantine for foreign tourists. 

 

Behind the scenes the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Tourism Ministry, the Tourism Council, ATTA (the Association of Thai Travel Agents and the THA (Thai hoteliers' Association) have been pressing for an end to the two week quarantine that many see as a huge hurdle to the reintroduction of foreign tourism. 

 

They want to see those who have been vaccinated being allowed to come under two plans that are about to be proposed. 

 

The first is called "Quarantine At Home". Under this idea the tourist will be required to quarantine at their home where they are about to begin their journey before setting foot in Thailand. 

 

Once in the kingdom they will have a Covid check but still have to be quarantined for two nights, three days.

 

The second plan is called Mobile Quarantine. This idea involves the health department and the TAT acting as chaperones for tour groups. 

 

They may decide to allow a DMC (Thaivisa understands this to be a Destination Management Company) to fulfil this chaperone-cum-monitoring role. 

 

So what is the timeline?

 

According to sources the final details are being ironed out over the coming week and will be presented to the TAT board for discussion among all relevant parties towards the end of February. 

 

Then it will go to the cabinet where PM Prayuth Chan-ocha will be apprised of the plan and make the final decision. 

 

If given the go ahead the sources suggest the plans - possibly both of them - will get the nod from April 1st. 

 

Thaivisa notes that there appeared to have been a cooling of the "vaccination passport" idea but with these extra caveats in place there may be a way forward to opening up the country for those who have received Covid vaccinations abroad. 

 

 

 

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[86Tiger]

 

 

I'll just go with "No comment."

 

[PatOngo]

Well that's this mornings mull, what will this afternoons mull be??? Will there be another mull tomorrow?

[internationalism]

so not tourists (expatriates, workers, businessmen), including repatriated thai, will still have to do 14+ days, but tourists only 2 days (probably to wait for a reliable negative results) and let go to any unprepared hotel or let go to mix with a large group of fellow tourists and travel across the country for sightseeing.

and that in the country, which doesn't have a single dose of vax for it's population (bar some 100k front medical workers).

it will be full failure  

Edited February 19, 2021 by internationalism

[PatOngo]

10 minutes ago, internationalism said:

so not tourists (expatriates, workers, businessmen), including repatriated thai, will still have to do 14+ days, but tourists only 2 days (probably to wait for a reliable negative results) and let go to any unprepared hotel or let go to mix with a large group of fellow tourists and travel across the country for sightseeing.

and that in the country, which doesn't have a single dose of vax for it's population (bar some 100k front medical workers).

it will be full failure  

 

Are you putting health and common sense before tourism profits!!! ????

[ThaiFelix]

14 minutes ago, internationalism said:

so not tourists (expatriates, workers, businessmen), including repatriated thai, will still have to do 14+ days, but tourists only 2 days (probably to wait for a reliable negative results) and let go to any unprepared hotel or let go to mix with a large group of fellow tourists and travel across the country for sightseeing.

and that in the country, which doesn't have a single dose of vax for it's population (bar some 100k front medical workers).

it will be full failure  

Thats why its starting April 1st .....very appropriate date!

[smedly]

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

If given the go ahead the sources suggest the plans - possibly both of them - will get the nod from April 1st. 

 

that date is so meaningful 

[Patong2021]

I don't see this happening until there is vaccination plan in place and until the virus variant is better understood. If a more infectious or deadly version of the virus spread in Thailand there would be tens of thousands dying every month like in Africa.

[peterdarby]

37 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Well that's this mornings mull, what will this afternoons mull be??? Will there be another mull tomorrow?

Would that be a mulled whine?

[RotBenz8888]

51 minutes ago, webfact said:

The second plan is called Mobile Quarantine. This idea involves the health department and the TAT acting as chaperones for tour groups. 

 

14d quarantine on a bus, touring around Thailand? If your covidtest negative day 12, you're allowed to visit an empty temple in the middle of nowhere. 

[Bkk Brian]

Complete idiots, shows just how out of touch and uniformed they are. I know they've got nothing better to do than twiddle their thumbs at the moment but better to go on tik tok or something anything other than planning for tourists to come until Thailand has been vaccinated. 

[RotBenz8888]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Once in the kingdom they will have a Covid check but still have to be quarantined for two nights, three days.

So one still has to do the CoE process and 3 days in ASQ. 

[bkk6060]

A vaccine certificate and a negative test there and here should be enough.

What else is there to check?

[Mavideol]

the 1st sentence on the post title did got my attention... all went down the pipes as soon as I saw the second sentence with the date.... as always, another great post from TAT, ATTA , THA or whatever/whoever,  out of sheer desperation     555

[LennyW]

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The first is called "Quarantine At Home". Under this idea the tourist will be required to quarantine at their home where they are about to begin their journey before setting foot in Thailand. 

Of course i did Sir!!, 15 days never out the house!! ????????

[Kinnock]

3 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

A vaccine certificate and a negative test there and here should be enough.

What else is there to check?

.... the vaccine status of the local population?

[Jimbo2014]

Please please please quarantine at home!

[bkk6060]

Also, anal swabbing has shown to get better results.  The Chinese are using it more frequently.

They could set up a tented area when you get off the plane here and have everyone bend over.

Apparently, the swab is only inserted about 2 inches so not too painful.

 

“If we add anal swab testing, it can raise our rate of identifying infected patients,” Li Tongzeng, an infectious-disease specialist at Beijing You’an Hospital, said on state-run broadcaster CCTV on Sunday.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/anal-swab-china-coronavirus/2021/01/27/cc284f56-6054-11eb-a177-7765f29a9524_story.html

Edited February 19, 2021 by onthedarkside
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[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

They may decide to allow a DMC

 

But will it Run .. 

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

to fulfil this chaperone-cum-monitoring role

 

Sounds a bit like a fertility clinic ..

[bermondburi]

Finally some good ideas. Seen similar in other countries and it's working fine. No major spikes. People have to learn to live with this,and lose the fear factor. 

[sammieuk1]

It starts of sounding promising and ends up with Then it will go to the cabinet where PM Prayuth Chan-ocha will be apprised of the plan and make the final decision ????

[mtls2005]

OK, now I get it.

 

These pronouncements are just meant to generate confusion, headlines, and bookings.

 

And haven't they already proposed just about every permutation by now?

 

 

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, peterdarby said:

Would that be a mulled whine?

Mulled whine ????

Didn't the original, mulled wine, involve inserting a red hot poker. Sound like a good idea to stop stupid ideas being considered.

[mtls2005]

Oh, April 1st.

 

Makes sense now.

 

 

[terryp]

2 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

I don't see this happening until there is vaccination plan in place and until the virus variant is better understood. If a more infectious or deadly version of the virus spread in Thailand there would be tens of thousands dying every month like in Africa.

 

https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-12-28/demographics-preparedness-may-explain-africas-low-covid-19-fatality-rates

[losername]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The first is called "Quarantine At Home". Under this idea the tourist will be required to quarantine at their home where they are about to begin their journey before setting foot in Thailand. 

Completely bonkers.  Going from the current system to this would be a massive step too far.  Where would the supervision be?  Please let it not be another form to go with the current pile and the forthcoming inevitable Proof of Vaccination.

[csmith]

Drat …

[Laughing Gravy]

They say laughter is a great medicine and i come for my daily dose of  it when I read the latest TAT or government announcement of how many tourists will be coming here and how much money will be spent.

 

After my sides stop hurting, I then realise that these people are totally useless and besides trying to polish a curd, bring very little to the party of practicality or common sense.

 

I look forward to the next installment tomorrow or even late afternoon. Who knows

[2 is 1]

Great ,so they  expect much people to come party in Thailand!? Coz people who have get vaccine in that point , is age group 75 - 100! Ok in Russia and China other age have maybe get vaccine also! Sick people and nurses+ doctors! They are first in line to book flight to Thailand!

[Spellforce]

4 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

Sick people and nurses+ doctors! They are first in line to book flight to Thailand!

Airlines companies could offer vaccine to their passengers. Wait & see ????