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Does Thailand accept a positive antibodies test instead of a vaccine card for entry?
Thailand VisaAntibodies TestVaccination RequirementCOVID-19 TravelQuarantine RulesExpats in ThailandTravel Advice
Mar 5, 2022
4 years ago
Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTERPlanning a trip in April, do not have the vaccine and don’t plan to. Does Thailand accept positive antibodies test in lieu of vaccine card ? Has anyone had experience with uploading the antibodies test in the place of the vaccine card ?
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A user is curious about traveling to Thailand in April without a vaccine and whether a positive antibodies test is acceptable instead of a vaccination card. Comments indicate that while a recovery certificate can partially substitute for vaccines, unvaccinated travelers generally face quarantine requirements. Some responders shared personal travel experiences in Thailand, noting differing practices about vaccination checks at hotels and restaurants.
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Maxime *********
Your worst case scenario is that you’ll be treated as unvaccinated and will need to quarantine 10 days and do ATK tests when vaccination is mandatory…
Been here for more than 1 month and it’s doable… quarantine was boring though.
Been here for more than 1 month and it’s doable… quarantine was boring though.
Chris *********************
It's a joke just get vacation then you would have to ask this question
Edgar ************
@Chris ********************
Vacation? Come on man, we aren't gonna take medical advice from someone who cant even spell.Chris *********************
@Patricia ******
you on drugs that was 4 days ago go back to sleep 😴Reply to
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Bim *******
@Chris ********************
yes let's get vaccinated from a company that wanted to hide it's data for 75 years. Thank God I didn't take it ****************************
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Chris *********************
Get the vacation numpty
Yves *************
@Chris ********************
that's none of your sheep business.Edgar ************
@Chris ********************
Numpty? You're 105 and still cant spell 'vaccination'.Maxime *********
@Chris ********************
how many?Chris *********************
@Maxime ********
at least 2Maxime *********
@Chris ********************
every how many months?Bobby ********
Maxime Lacroix. It's minimum 14 days since second shot.
Chris *********************
@Maxime ********
I think it at least 2 weeks before coming to ThailandReply to
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Thomas *************
Prepare to sleep under the cardboards, some hotels asked my vaccination card to let me check in
Edgar ************
@Thomas ************
False, I've stayed in over 20 hotels in multiple different cities in Thailand since I've been here and never been asked for the certificate.Gary *********
Ok, you have had some bad luck then. I didn’t get asked once. Numerous hotels, and eating out most nights. Pointless exercise, showing a piece of paper to show you’ve been jabbed does make any difference. I’d rather be in a room full of unjabbed tested people than jabbed, untested people. Anybody who things different to that is crazy, and they really need to turn their tv off. Now classed as a epidemic, and hardly mentioned now in the uk....how odd 😂😂
Gary *********
Don’t believe that Tom. I’ve just had 6 weeks in thailand, not jabbed and not once did I have to show anything, at any hotel or restaurant.
Maxime *********
@Gary ********
I have to tell you differently (arrived end of January). Some restaurants/bars in or around Bangkok will ask for double vaccination (I’ve even seen one saying triple vaccinated no less than 3 weeks prior 😅). Ko Samui ferry asks for it, and some events will ask for it. Never seen one hotel require it though, and there are plenty of options anyways.
Only thing, though, most places that will ask for vaccination proof will also offer option to test on the spot or negative ATK test to get in.
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Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Thomas ************
then I won’t be staying in those hotels.Ադամ ********
@Mike ********
Anytime I was asked, domestic flights, markets I showed a photocopy of vaccine certificate. You know what to do.Deanna *******
@Adam *******
I have a friend who is Un V'd. He's been traveling to Bangkok and back quite a bit. Sometimes they ask to see his cert. He says "no", and just looks at them. That's the end of it.
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Tez ********
Get vaccinated simple
Jonas *****************
@Tez *******
you think all those sportsman dying all over is happy they did it?? Have you missed the Pfizer data coming out? If you have and still pushing for this you are just wowYves *************
@Tez *******
He doesn't seem stupid enough to get vaccinated.Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Tez *******
I am, against: anthrax, nerve gas, botulism and many other tropical diseases. Notice how I said I don’t plan to, thanks but no thanks.Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTERThe same as someone saying to just get vaccinated to my question. Nothing
Lynnette *******
@Mike ********
you realise vaccination ( for anything) helps reduce infection rate, death and also reduces viral mutations? But probably not.Maxime *********
@Lynnette ******
not so sure about death… 3rd dose seem to finish a bunch of elderlies. Anyways, enjoy your subscription package ☺️
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@Maxime ********
almost no recorded deaths from 1st 2nd or 3rd vaccines that are directly linked to the vaccine. Its one of the safest out there. Most deaths have been from the virus. . Thousands of them. I dont have a "subscription" except for Skype lol. Silly childish comments seem the norm for people who live in fear. . scared of vaccinations that prevent serious illness.Maxime *********
@Lynnette ******
Shane Warne says otherwiseLynnette *******
@Maxime ********
confusing covid19 with flu is quite commen when some symptoms are so similar for some people who don't get too sick. But being "similar" does not make them the same virus. But if some adults prefer to pretend covid is flu, because they are scared to admit there's a SARS Co-2 virus out there causing covid19. . that's up to them.Edgar ************
@Lynnette ******
Living in fear? That's incredibly hypocritical coming from someone who was so scared of a harmless flu that they took an experimental mRNA poison, not once but 3 times. Let that sink in for a second, and rethink your trajectory in life.Lynnette *******
You seem to thing common sense prevention of illness is "living in fear" when it's actually the opposite. I travel and go about life relaxed in the knowledge that I'm less likely to be ill. FYI. I haven't had an mRNA course of vaccination.
Lynnette *******
@Joshua ************
you're confused. . I was speaking of SARS co-2 that caused Covid19. Nothing to do with flu! Anyway, on another note, I've no need to be scared of flu. Ive had an annual vaccine for seasonal flu like most people I know. I caught H1N1 ( swine flu ) which caused the last pandemic in 2009. I was dreadfully ill. So my flu vaccination is nothing to with "living in fear" just sensible to stay healthy.
Edgar ************
@Lynnette ******
I'm not confused. The sars cov2 causes flu symptoms because it is a flu. I know because I've had it already and I'm now immune. I was with my friend who had it recently and I never got any symptoms because of my natural immunity.Lynnette *******
@Joshua ************
symptoms similar but no matter how you felt it's not flu. Simple.Reply to
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@Mike ********
what has anthrax and botulism and tropical diseases got to do with it?Reply to
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Brad *******
Looks like only certain people are eligible for Alternative Quarantine program? Not sure.
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Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Brad ******
thank youReply to
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/covid-19-vaccine-guide-for-travellers-to-thailand/Jonathan *******
Enjoy quarantine
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@Jonathan ******
no matter the evidence Presented. Good luck.Jonathan *******
@Bim ******
go away man, I ain't interestedBim *******
@Jonathan ******
I'd say the same if I took it.Reply to
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@Bim ******
honestly mate I don't care if someone is vaxxed or not. As long as they wear a mask and respect any measures in force it's all good.I just don't care about these kinds.of videos or whatever.
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@Jonathan ******
well you should care. They wanted to hide this data for 75 years. Thankfully a court overruled them.Jonathan *******
@Bim ******
I ain't gonna watch the video and I ain't gonna pay attention to anything about it. Vaccines save lives but it's a choice, just wear and mask and follow protocols and it is what it is.That's the end of it for me
Maxime *********
You can wear the mask, no need to ask others.
Same goes for helmet on a scooter.
Same goes for helmet on a scooter.
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ORIGINAL POSTER@Jonathan ******
it seems well worth it to travel again.Jonathan *******
@Mike ********
yeah true. Only 7 days as well. Last year when I did it was 2 weeks for everyone, vaxxed and unvaxxed in Bangkok.Reply to
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Terary **********
They check my vaccine card when I fly domestically. Maybe you can walk everywhere
Terary **********
Just saying. In the US about about 25% of people wear a mask. There is a controversy about no/vax, no/mask, my body your laws. I get it. I tend to agree with one side of the argument while disagree with the other side of the argument. That makes me a good american.. You know ignorant and lack of concern for others.
However, Thailand is culturally different. People wear masks here because they dont want to give other people illnesses. That's how it was before covid.
Really if you cant respect the culture, maybe just stay home and watch a national geographic documentary about Thailand instead?
However, Thailand is culturally different. People wear masks here because they dont want to give other people illnesses. That's how it was before covid.
Really if you cant respect the culture, maybe just stay home and watch a national geographic documentary about Thailand instead?
Edgar ************
@Terary *********
No, you stay inside your home cowering while the others live free of your narcissistic beratement posing as virtuous do-gooder rubbish. Stop being concerned with other peoples personal medical choices, and stay out of other peoples lives. If you are scared of unvaccinated people, stay in your home for the rest of your life. That is YOUR responsibility to protect yourself, not a social responsibility. This is not kindergarten, this is the real world.
Terary **********
@Joshua ************
This is Thailand.. And that is their culture.Reply to
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Gary *********
What a load of crap you talk Thomas. Give me a good reason for your theory. You know there’s hardly no difference in transmit rates between jabbed and unjabbed. Also, airline are now stopping restrictions, not increasing them. The so called virus is now classed as a epidemic....you know why that is ??? Because it’s about as deadly as flu. And yes, people sadly die if flu. You keep watching the shite from MSM, and keep worrying about nothing 😂😂
Thomas *************
@Terary *********
I was asked vaccination card to check in to my hotel. In one village I visited they sent the picture of card to local health authority. Unless, there is a medical reason no-one should be allowed to fly without proper covid19 vaccination, period.. And some airlines already started doing just that.Maxime *********
@Thomas ************
why? Your vaccine doesn’t protect you against the unvaccinated? What is it for then?Jonathan *******
@Maxime ********
vaccines reduce the effects and chances of bad symptoms. Masks stop the spreadYves *************
Maxime *********
@Jonathan ******
so? Ever heard of being healthy reduces chances of all that, too.Jonathan *******
@Maxime ********
yes because healthy people are completely immune lolMaxime *********
@Jonathan ******
vaccinated are immune?Jonathan *******
@Maxime ********
more so than those who aren't, hence why they get less severe symptoms. It's not hard to understandReply to
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Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Thomas ************
good thing you aren’t in the government to make such decisions. Natural immunity from actually getting the disease provides me coverage with antibodies.Reply to
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@Terary *********
you can fly without a vaccine, you just need a negative test. I'm vaxxed btw, just saying :).
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Sascha **********
No they don’t, not vaccinated = quarantine, the quarantine is shorter (7 days instead of 10) if you have a recovery certificate not older than 90 days
Jonas *****************
@Sascha *********
where do you find this information? Have people doing 10 day now and all of them have recovery certificateSascha **********
@Jonas ****************
I know someone personally who came in in January unvaccinated with a recovery certificate and did 7 days quarantineReply to
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Mike *********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Sascha *********
best definition for my question. Thank you.Reply to
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Bobby ********
A recovery certificate is accepted in lieu of one vaccine, but must still have the other.
Niklas *********
I read it as, if you have recovery certificate or had medical treatment- you still need one jab after?
Bobby ********
Niklas Thomsen. One jab plus certificate of recovery.
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ORIGINAL POSTER@Bobby *******
what other vaccine ?Bobby ********
Mike Sennett. You need two jabs to be fully vaxxed for Thailand
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