No rapid tests for Phuket arrivals from May 15, quarantine instead

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Vice Governor Piyapong (left) during the live broadcast yesterday evening (May 7). Screenshot: Official COVID-19 Information Center Phuket

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Rapid antigen tests will no longer be used to determine whether or not people may enter Phuket from May 15, Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong has confirmed.

 

Vice Governor Piyapong delivered the news through a video broadcast online yesterday evening, after Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew broke the news during a high-level meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall earlier in the day.

 

Since Apr 22 all people arriving in Phuket from ‘red zone’ areas, now expanded to 25 provinces, have been required to prove that they are fully vaccinated or have tested negative for the virus within 72 hours of arriving.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/no-rapid-tests-for-phuket-arrivals-from-may-15-quarantine-instead-79938.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2021-05-08

 

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[LivinginKata]

Do these officials have any connection with reality ..... no

[Deli]

Must be wearing flip flops

[Pattaya Spotter]

"We want to send a sign to the country that we are cleaning up our province." Phuket Vice Governor 

https://www.thephuketnews.com/no-rapid-tests-for-phuket-arrivals-from-may-15-quarantine-instead-79938.php

 

I wonder how some of our more paranoid members will spin this statement ????

[Pattaya Spotter]

Going from 5 cases to zero shouldn't be too hard.

[biggles45]

How is anyone expected to make any travel plans in Thailand with these almost daily changes. And they wonder why there is no response to their 'plans' 

[10baht]

Anyone know where you can find out domestic travel rules? Like if you have to quarantine come back home from? XYZ?

[madmen]

7 minutes ago, 10baht said:

Anyone know where you can find out domestic travel rules? Like if you have to quarantine come back home from? XYZ?

Delete 

Edited May 8, 2021 by madmen

[Xonax]

So they have run out of tests already, or were there too many who tested positive on arrival??

[paulikens]

we want tourism back, we dont want tourism back, we want tourism back, we dont want tourism back, we want tourism back, we dont want tourism back

[Caldera]

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

 

[ThailandRyan]

32 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

 

I think they need a cast iron skillet for this one.  Wonder how long until the Governor is put on the hot seat by the CCSA.  Or maybe TAT is really pushing hard for the kitty litter bubble box model.

Edited May 8, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[TheFishman1]

With all this confusion I really wonder what the real numbers are in Thailand TIT

[sambum]

So it's 2 weeks in the sandbox then?

 

Hope the cats haven't used it first! ????

Edited May 8, 2021 by sambum

[ukrules]

But everything's opening up on July 1? ????????

[Deli]

1 hour ago, 10baht said:

Anyone know where you can find out domestic travel rules? Like if you have to quarantine come back home from? XYZ?

 

Fortuneteller might help

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Do these officials have any connection with reality ..... no

They have connections but none that mean anything to the man on the street.

[hotchilli]

4 minutes ago, ukrules said:

But everything's opening up on July 1? ????????

The girls are ready I hear.

[ThailandRyan]

2 minutes ago, Deli said:

 

Fortuneteller might help

No I walked by one last night.  Her cards held no future for me, and her crystal ball was murky.  I asked to use here magic mirror, but she said Anutin, Prayut, and the Phuket Governor were using it for a conference call to Covid's dad in China.

[baansgr]

8 minutes ago, ukrules said:

But everything's opening up on July 1? ????????

That was never gonna happen... we're almost halfway through 2021....anyone with a notion of visiting Toyland prior to 2022 should think twice..and even then Q3 2022

[Chalong circle]

Anybody has the slightest idea of what quarantine means in this case ? In a hotel ? In home ? Farangs and thais or only farangs ?

[ncc1701d]

Does it only mean if you can’t prove vaccinated or negative test you have to do 14 days quarantine? (Replacing the rapid antigen test only with 14 days quarantine?) or is it 14 days quarantine for everyone regardless?

Edited May 8, 2021 by ncc1701d

[Elkski]

All this irrational talk and these sandbox ideas because they were to dependent on tourism.  What about truck drivers? If they scrap the sandbox idea that means they won't get vaccinated first.   I hope they keep after this sandbox experiment so we can see how they will need to force the vax to get over 50%

[Blaxland]

Everyday it is a completely different approach.Surely the governments first priority is to ensure that everyone in Thailand is vaccinated so as to protect who is here.Then open the boarders to visitors who have also been vaccinated and provide a negative Covid test before leaving their home country.It’s not rocket science.Meaningful international tourism is still 12 months away IMHO.

[raccos21]

[xylophone]

5 hours ago, LivinginKata said:

Do these officials have any connection with reality ..... no

You're asking a bit much there LiK because most of them have bought their posts one way or another, so brainpower/intelligence/commonsense were not on the list of required skills or thinking capacity.

 

If brains were dynamite, and theirs went off, the explosion wouldn't be big enough to lift their respective hats! Just a shambles..........and some!

[cclub75]

If we put aside the "thainess" (flip flopping, face saving, virtue signaling)... let's not forget that this behavior is dictated by the "Zero Covid" cult.

 

A cult very active in New Zeland and Australia for instance.

 

One perfect example  :

https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/nz-suspends-quarantine-free-travel-to-and-from-sydney-20210506-p57pks.html

 

... for 2 "cases" found in Sydney... !

 

If Thailand and other countries continue with such "Zero Covid" obsession... then the stop-and-go could go on forever.

[Deli]

Popcorn and bring the clowns in ????

[ExpatOilWorker]

Don't expect to see any arrivals from Australia until 2023.

 

https://www.godsavethepoints.com/australia-closing-until-2022-tourism-minister/

[AJBangkok]

They really need to clarify what Quarantine is. Is it home quarantine or is it in a state quarantine? If we get the certificate in Bangkok do we still have to do quarantine?