Test & Go Application Process changes
Mar 22, 2022, 7:00 pm
#331
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Very possible to still test positive with a PCR test for upto something like 3 months after recovery and the PCR tests carried out in Thailand are supposed to be more sensitive than most. Have you got a recovery certificate/letter that states you've had COVID & recovered?
Most airlines will accept this if u test +, then if u test + on arrival you present the letter - then
they may take u to hospital for antibody test or they may let you proceed
if they take u to hospital it is up to the MD what they do - mostly you should be okay, but there are a few stories of people being made to quarantine - most are allowed to proceed.
Mar 22, 2022, 10:48 pm
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New possible plan/rumour:
“If the government approves [this move] and the situation improves further, the ministry will propose lifting all travel restrictions on June 1," he said, adding that this means fully vaccinated foreign tourists would be able to enter Thailand freely.
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013682
“If the government approves [this move] and the situation improves further, the ministry will propose lifting all travel restrictions on June 1," he said, adding that this means fully vaccinated foreign tourists would be able to enter Thailand freely.
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013682
Mar 22, 2022, 11:00 pm
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New possible plan/rumour:
“If the government approves [this move] and the situation improves further, the ministry will propose lifting all travel restrictions on June 1," he said, adding that this means fully vaccinated foreign tourists would be able to enter Thailand freely.
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013682
“If the government approves [this move] and the situation improves further, the ministry will propose lifting all travel restrictions on June 1," he said, adding that this means fully vaccinated foreign tourists would be able to enter Thailand freely.
https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40013682
now it is the tourism minister that is talking about 1. June... several times already, the government did follow the health minister and not the tourism minister....you can decide yourself what will be more likely...
Mar 23, 2022, 11:40 pm
#334
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For sure it‘s better if they are discussing an earlier date of scraping all entry restrictions than discussing a later one.
Yesterday Thailand had 27,024 new infections, which includes 46 from abroad, which includes 15 from test&go. That means that 0.056% of all detected infections are issued by travelers under test&go. And the number of undetected cases under test&go is almost zero, while there are many more undetected domestic cases.
So they could scrap all restrictions (but being fully vaccinated/boostered) without a significant impact on the pandemic.
Yesterday Thailand had 27,024 new infections, which includes 46 from abroad, which includes 15 from test&go. That means that 0.056% of all detected infections are issued by travelers under test&go. And the number of undetected cases under test&go is almost zero, while there are many more undetected domestic cases.
So they could scrap all restrictions (but being fully vaccinated/boostered) without a significant impact on the pandemic.
Mar 31, 2022, 2:38 am
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so the new rules have been confirmed in the Royal Gazette and from tomorrow 1. April, there is no predeparture PCR test anymore necessary...
hope that does not increase the percentages of positive tested tourists after arrival... we will have to monitor that
hope that does not increase the percentages of positive tested tourists after arrival... we will have to monitor that
Mar 31, 2022, 8:53 am
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Mar 31, 2022, 5:06 pm
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Mar 31, 2022, 6:20 pm
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Reports on reddit are a lot faster results (apparently since Russians have stopped applying - they were a very large percent of applications, some say as much as 86%).
Mar 31, 2022, 11:00 pm
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I received the approval for both of us this morning - total turnaround time is just shy of 18 hours and over-night 
Apr 1, 2022, 2:25 am
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Apr 1, 2022, 6:28 am
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Apr 1, 2022, 4:57 pm
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What actually happens if you test positive? Are you taken away and put in a public hospital as the website seems to indicate, or are you allowed to isolate in your room. Single traveler.