Tag: Covid-19 Testing
Chiang Rai Reopens Laos Border, But Requires Covid-19 Booster or PCR Test
Chiang Rai will reopened its border crossings with Laos on Wednesday but required Laotians to have had three Covid-19 shots to be exempted from...
Thailand Drops On-Arrival Covid-19 Tests May 1, Retains Thailand Pass, Mandatory Insurance
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All provinces can now sell alcohol until 11 p.m. in 'restaurants'
Sun Legal Update: Public Limited Companies Act Updated to Allow More Electronic Communications
The Senate has approved an amendment to the Public Limited Companies Act that will allow PLCs to use electronic means for communication. Currently, the law...
Sun Legal Update: Setting Up a Legal Club or Association
Many organizations in Thailand don’t have legal status, however, it is possible to create a legal entity to protect members of an organization, such...
The Who, Where & How of Thailand’s No Pre-Flight Covid-19 Test Rule
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Eligible travelers, points of entry, vessel types, testing requirements & more.
Lagging Neighbors, Losing Russian Tourists, Thailand Looks to Drop Pre-Arrival Covid-19 Tests
Lagging its neighbors in reopening and having lost its Russian tourists base, Thailand may soon make it easier for tourists to visit the kingdom...
Tourism Ministry Wants 2nd RT-PCR Test Dropped; Industry Demands End to All Restrictions
The Tourism and Sports Ministry will propose that international tourists only submit to one, not two, RT-PCR coronavirus tests starting next month after backlash...
Chiang Mai Charging Foreigners ฿3,000 for ฿35 Covid Test to Renew Visas
Double pricing is nothing new to foreigners in Thailand, but 3,000 baht for a 35-baht coronavirus antigen test kit is extreme, by even Siamese...
Bangkok Covid-19 Mass Testing Site Opens Tuesday
The Ministry of Public Health has announced the opening of a new Covid-19 testing center, which will operate only on weekdays from Jan. 11-21. The...
Chiang Mai Tests 1,000 Civil Servants for Covid-19
About 1,000 civil servants working at Chiang Mai’s provincial hall underwent coronavirus antigen tests in a bid to contain Covid-19. The northern province’s communicable disease...
Pattaya Offers Free Covid-19 Tests Required for Restaurant Staff, Patrons
After Chonburi’s governor mandated that all staff and customers at Pattaya restaurants take coronavirus tests, Pattaya set up four free Covid-19 screening centers in...
Covid-19 Tests Now Required to Enter All Chonburi Restaurants
Venues of all sizes must test workers daily; Those unwilling/unable must close
Omicron Be Damned, Ease Entry Rules for Tourists, Pattaya Hotel Boss Tells Prayut
Refusing to submit to omicron panic, the Pattaya-area chief of the Thai Hotels Association said Thailand should stick to an earlier plan to ease...
Thai Coronavirus Test Kits Will Detect Omicron, Or Perhaps They Won’t
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The Public Health Ministry can't make up its mind.
Cabinet Overturns CCSA Vote to Switch to Antigen Tests for Arriving Tourists
The on-arrival RT-PCR Covid test requirement for international travelers entering Thailand via the deceptively named Test & Go pathway will remain in place due...
Border, Not Omicron, Biggest Threat, But PCR Tests May Remain for Tourists
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Doctors say antigen tests insufficient, but even PCR tests may not detect variant
Thailand Entry Rules Eased, Curfews Ended
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CCSA makes Test & Go less of a lie, while creating more confusion over on-arrival testing
Phuket, Koh Samui Drop Covid-19 Testing Requirement for Domestic Tourists
Likely precursors to what international visitors may experience come November, Phuket and Koh Samui are dropping onerous disease-control measures for domestic tourists. This week, Phuket...
Pick Up a Six Pack of Beer, Covid-19 Test Kits at 7-Eleven Near You
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha ordered the Public Health Ministry to make Covid-19 antigen test kits available at general and online stores and assigned the...
Test Negative to Shop: Mall Patrons Must Be Vaxed or Pass Covid Test to...
Health Department also to require mall workers to be vaccinated
Is Bangkok’s Covid-19 Outbreak Slowing? One Doctors Group Thinks So
Throughout Thailand’s coronavirus epidemic, Bangkok has been the cancerous tumor, metastasizing virus to every corner of the kingdom. The outbreak will not end until...
Bangkok Opens 6 Covid-19 Testing Centers
Six Covid-19 permanent testing units begin operation today in Bangkok, replacing mobile units that have traveled around the city. Bangkok Gov. Aswin Kwanmuang said the...
Positive Antigen Test Now Qualifies Covid-19 Victims to Obtain Drugs, Home Isolation Support
People who test positive for Covid-19 using antigen test kits can obtain prescription medications and undertake home isolation immediately under new guinace from the...
Bangkok Speeds Anigen-Based Coronavirus Testing to Judge Scale of Covid-19 Epidemic
Bangkok is speeding up coronavirus testing using antigen tests as the latest weapon in determining the scale of the capital’s Covid-19 infection wave. Gov. Aswin...
13% of Bangkok Slum Dwellers Infected with Covid-19, Testing Shows
The Rural Doctors’ Society reported Monday that more than 13 percent of residents in 40 Bangkok slums are infected with the coronavirus during pro-active...