The “Test & & Go” program for global visitors is set to resume on Feb 1, with more stringent requirements that include another RT-PCR test to be handled the 5th day following entry into Thailand, the federal government stated the other day.
The plan was suspended previously this month in reaction to growing issues about the Omicron variation of Covid-19.
Under the program, abroad visitors need to invest one night in a licensed hotel while they wait on the outcome of their RT-PCR test– taken upon their arrival in the nation– to come out.
Those who evaluate unfavorable for Covid-19 are then enabled to leave and check out the remainder of the nation.
When Test & & Go resumes on Feb 1, visitors will be needed to take 2 RT-PCR tests, one on the very first day and another on the 5th day, stated the spokesperson for the Centre for Covid-19 Circumstance Administration (CCSA), Taweesilp Visanuyothin.
To be confessed under the Test & & Go plan, visitors will now need to produce evidence of booking at a Security and Health Administration (SHA) Plus qualified hotel, and pre-pay for the 2 Covid-19 tests they need to take, stated Dr Taweesilp. To guarantee no visitors leave without awaiting their Covid-19 test outcome, hotels have actually been ask to put in location included security steps, he stated.
Visitors are likewise advised that if their medical insurance policies do not properly cover the expense of Covid-19 treatment at a health center, they will need to satisfy any included expense from their own pocket, he stated.
The CCSA likewise authorized a proposition to consist of Pattaya City, Bang Lamung district, Si Chang district, and Sattahip district in Chon Buri, in addition to Trat’s Koh Chang district in the state’s tourist sandbox program, which is carried out at present in Phuket, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan, Krabi and Phangnga.
The relocations intend to restore the tourist sector annihilated by the pandemic. Some operators state visitor numbers have actually fallen in current weeks.
