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What are the current COVID-19 testing and quarantine requirements for travelers arriving in Thailand?
So Thailand just removed the pre flight Pcr test starting April 1. Good news. However testing day 1 is still here and will be for awhile. I’m presently in quarantine and didn’t have to be. My suggestion is you spend a bit of money a couple weeks before your trip for a Pcr test. If neg great. But if + (heaps of asymptomatic + cases) you have time to get a Certificate of Recovery/ medical cert so if you test again positive in Thailand you won’t have quarantine. Just my thoughts.
Answer summary
Thailand has removed the pre-flight PCR testing requirement as of April 1. However, travelers must still undergo testing on day one of arrival. If travelers have a negative PCR test before their trip, it is advisable to obtain a Certificate of Recovery in case they test positive upon arrival, to avoid quarantine. Additionally, the discussion includes the requirement to stay in a hotel for the first night and subsequent rapid antigen tests, alongside insurance requirements.
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Simon *******
Let us in Thailand
Darren *******
@Simon ******
nothing stopping you from coming here except yourself.
Darren *****
I have your bottle of rum for when you come out
Kevin *********
Where does one find a certificate of recovery in Thailand?
Guy *********
OP@Kevin ********
someone posted on this site a clinic in Bangkok that you can email and correspond to Dr. and apparently can get a certificate
Sarah *********
@Guy ********
do you have the details for this please?
Will ********
I’ll just wear my 7 masks. Sure I’ll be fine.
Silvia ***********
Thailand remove the test before flight- just for vaccinated people, or also unvaxx? Thanks🙏🙏
Bruce *********
Are you supposed to quarantine in a hotel for the first day? What if you have an apartment here?
Ադամ ********
@Bruce ********
Not allowed. I could see my Condo property from the quarantine hotel window. Super science and safety (NOT) $$$$Bruce *********
@Adam *******
that is just wrong on so many levels. At least it's not a mandatory 14 day quarantine. I think your own home would be a lot safer than a hotel. But that's just my opinion
Greg ********
Have not heard of this yet....do you still have to get test on entry and stay at hotel room for one night????
Alan *******
@Greg *******
yes and a rapid antigen test on day 5 also, along with $20,000 USD insurance.Bruce *********
@Alan ******
do you have to stay in a hotel if he actually have a home here?Alan *******
@Bruce ********
yes
Martin *********
I would still have a pcr test before I travel personally
Thea *******
So let me get this straight: If you get to Thailand with a certificate of recovery and you test positive on day 1, you don't need to do further testing? Then why would you have to test at all? I mean you are free to go anyway 🤷♀️
Alan *******
@Thea ******
$$$$$Guy *********
OPNegative in Vancouver march 8. Looking back they barely stuck the swab up my nose. Was positive in Vancouver coming back from Cuba January 12. Positive day one in Thailand. I didn’t do enough research so didn’t know of certificate of recovery. If I had, I wouldn’t be sitting here
Thea *******
What if you showed them your positive test from January?
Guy *********
OP@Thea ******
I did. Didn’t matter because I didn’t have a medical certificate with meGuy *********
OP@Thea ******
noThea *******
@Guy ********
I read that it depends on the ct value whether you have to do quarantine or not. Even with recovery cert. Do you know yours?Guy *********
OP@Thea ******
I paid for another test and it was positive. I’ve only got 2 ***
days to go. Lesson learned.Thea *******
@Guy ********
Oh man 🙄🙈 Do another test. And get out of there. They didn't transfer you to hospital did they?Thea *******
@Guy ********
oh that's too bad 😓. But you can stay in the quarantine hotel right? They only send the symptomatic one's to hospital?Guy *********
OP@Thea ******
correct. Stayed at same hotel I booked for day one.Thea *******
Why do you have to stay in quarantine? Was your test positive?
Thea *******
So what does happen in that case? You are free to go?
Guy *********
OP@Thea ******
yes. Still have to get tested. But vast majority of the time free to go.Thea *******
@Guy ********
so they would let one go without further tests? Except for the antigen test on day 5. I wonder what that one's for? 😁 I mean you take the test all by yourself right?Guy *********
OP@Thea ******
yes self test. There would be no point in doing it unless it’s just an administrative thing. Wouldn’t change anything.
Brandon ************
@Thea ******
it's a case by case determination by the doctors of the partner hospital to the hotel you're staying at and mostly based on how much virus you still have in your system.Activity
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