Dave The Rave Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 The Nation Media Group has published a list of COVID-19 Virus High-Risk Nations. You are okay to enter Thailand unless you are flying in from one of these countries... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Rockstar Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Hi Dave do you have a link for this? All I’ve found so far is an article showing the Thai government were ‘thinking about’ this. I often travel from Singapore to BKK so this would affect me if so (although for now I can still travel from BKK to Singapore). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Rockstar Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/singapore-thai-embassy-clarifies-bangkok-advisory-healthy-singaporeans-need-not-self Actually they’ve confirmed so long as you aren’t showing symptoms you’ll still be allowed in - phew! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave The Rave Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) On 3/4/2020 at 8:00 PM, Rocky Rockstar said: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/singapore-thai-embassy-clarifies-bangkok-advisory-healthy-singaporeans-need-not-self Actually they’ve confirmed so long as you aren’t showing symptoms you’ll still be allowed in - phew! Typical Thailand, they gave no guidelines. Fortunately, Thailand is still safe to visit and it is good to see they are taking this seriously. Edited March 6, 2020 by Dave The Rave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny333 Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Why is it called Covid-19 instead of Chinese Flu? Same as with Spanish and Mexican Flu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis903 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Precisely so as not to stigmatize a particular country, in this case China. So Covid-19 means Corona Virus Disease 2019. We live in the era of political correctness, it should not be forgotten... . It was not the same thing at the time of the Spanish flu. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still_shameless Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Also it's not an influenza virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hky117 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 15 hours ago, still_shameless said: Also it's not an influenza virus. While both Coronavirus and Influenza are both RNA Virus types they are not the same family. Coronavirus is subfamily Orthocoronavirinae, in the family Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales, and realm Riboviria. Infuenza is family Orthomyxoviridae order Articulavirales and realm Riboviria And while the symptoms are similar the viruses themselves are very different. With the flu strains there are vaccines and ant-viral treatments available. There are currently no commercially available vaccines or anti-viral treatments for any coronovirus strains. But there has been extensive work on MERS and SARS that may help develop a vaccine for this strain in a more timely manner. https://theconversation.com/when-will-there-be-a-coronavirus-vaccine-5-questions-answered-130590 For actually comparison points the "Common Cold" is actually a coronavirus HCoV-229E. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondBac Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1876449/thailand-cancels-visa-on-arrival-for-18-countries-visa-exemptions-for-3 visa on arrival would be canceled for 18 countries visa exemption would be cancelled for South korea, Italy and Hong Kong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 There might not be problems getting into Thailand but if this gets rapidly out of hand then leaving might become an issue especially if they close all the ports down. Let's be honest, anything is possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonard Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Thailand will not ban people from leaving. No country has banned people from leaving. my countrymen were taken out of the Wuhan quarantine 2 days after it was imposed. I’m not worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondBac Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 8 hours ago, null said: There might not be problems getting into Thailand but if this gets rapidly out of hand then leaving might become an issue especially if they close all the ports down. Let's be honest, anything is possible. I doubt Thailand would clamp down on people leaving the way China did to Wuhan Main thing to look out for would be whether your home country requires you to self-quarantine upon return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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