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What are the latest updates on Thailand's entry requirements and visa regulations regarding COVID-19?

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Apr 22, 2022
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The discussion revolves around recent changes to Thailand's entry requirements and visa regulations as they pertain to COVID-19. Comments reflect a mix of relief over the removal of certain testing requirements and ongoing questions about health insurance obligations and quarantine measures. Participants clarify that while specific visas like Non-O may have different insurance requirements, all entrants still need proof of health insurance relating to COVID-19. There is also debate on the continued necessity of masks and the overall efficacy of current public health policies.
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John ********
They gotta get rid of Thaipass and mandatory mask wearing in public or people won’t come back
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Marilyn ***********
@John *******
 yeah such a stupid things
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Jean *******
@John *******
 lol idiot sorry please walk around bangkok and go into a mall demanding you are excempt from a mask. See how quickly you end up in a cell. You want to tell people how they can run their own country. Piss off
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Ian *********
@Jean ******
 most people just dont want wear them outside and i wont be doing neither.inside a mall is totally different thing even though i dont want to do that either but i will do.
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John ********
@Jean ******
 what’s the matter princess,

MASK = no tourist
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Jw ********
@John *******
 Jean and Mark also afflicted with diarrhea of the mouth.
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Mark ******
@John *******
 no it doesn’t. Mask means no selfish tourists who don’t want to abide by simple safety precautions in place in the country.
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Jean *******
@John *******
 then stay home. No one is begging you to come and not obey general accepted behaviour. The cheek of you
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Ian *********
@Jean ******
 masks do fck all havent u worked it out yet,
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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 also contries that wore no masks have millions dead. People who didn't thousands if deaths. U do the math
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Ian *********
@Jean ******
 link me a study please you are just making it up.what countries didnt wear masks anyway?you sound pretty thick to me but you didnt provide any evidence.name these countries you speak about and link some studies.sweden had no lockdowns and far less deaths than most countries with severe lockdowns and masks .put that in yer pipe and smoke it
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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 webmd

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907/masks-limit-covid-spread-study
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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 mayo clinic video showing how a mask works.

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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY. SLOW motion footage of how masks reduce the spread.

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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 article about the plague in the 1700. And the masks they wore.

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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 I can link more universities if you like. But you are a modern human. Covid is in your lungs. Common sense should tell you that the only way for it to spread is via your bodily fluids as its not an airborne virus. Even human during the black plague that killed
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of Europe knew to wear a mask. They had plague doctor masks and filled it with spices.
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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 CDC STUDY

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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 stanford University

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/01/surgical-masks-very-effective-in-preventing-spread-of-covid-19/
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@Ian ********
 oxford University

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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 Sweden didn't lock down completely but they adopted 90% of reccomend guidelines. Masks were mandatory by law. Every one following a 100% mask guideline is extremly effective. So I'm glad you brought up sweden to validate my point about masks
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Jean *******
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%2DCoV%2D2,%2DCoV%2D2%20.
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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 America Brazil. Vs Thailand and Vietnam. I can link studies from the CDC WHO, STANFORD UNIVERSITY OXFORD UNIVERSITY that explain the effective protection percentages. I mean covid uses bodily fluids to spread. When you breath talk and cough. It's not rocket science to know putting a cloth infront of your mouth mitigates the spread of bodily fluid. But atleast u seem to want to learn. Unlike the last idiot I talked to who kept saying covid 19 is airborne and dosent require bodily fluids to spread.
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Jean *******
@Ian ********
 you can easily Google it moron. Next you'll tell me condoms don't work.
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John ********
@Jean ******
 princess says what ?
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Mark ******
I am on a non O (retirement) extension issued in country, which does not, when issued, have the Covid insurance requirements of an OA visa. Is proof of insurance required if re entering Thailand on this visa? I’m fully vaccinated, including booster.
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Garrett ***********
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 Non-OA an the STV are the only visas that require health insurance, that's different than Covid insurance. Everyone entering Thailand requires Covid health insurance, reguardless of their visa.
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Mark ******
@Garrett **********
 OK, thanks for clarifying that.
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DK *****
Insurance is still mandatory? Still go through online application?
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Martin *********
@DK ****
 ...they got to hang on to some rules just to be pedantic.

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Paul *******
@DK ****
 Yes. US$10,000 and need to go through an online application. All could be scrapped by June 1 though.
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Eliza **********
Yeahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
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Yuv *****
so no SHA Extra plus hotel booking?? can anyone share official declaration?
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Eliza **********
@Yuv ****
 Waiting for confirmation, it has to be published to the Gazette. Effective from 1st of May
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Dazza ******
Great news
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Jeroen *************
No word about the vaccine free then? Still 5 days quarantaine based on nothing?
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Naja ***********
I don't see a choice here, only medical bullying. Vaccinated ppl carry the virus just the same as unvaccinated ppl. What's the medical reason for dropping the tests for vaccinated and still quarantining the unvaccinated? What's the medical sense here? Or is this not about a virus?...
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@Naja **********
 yes, all scientist now concluded that but governments still want to have everyone under covid passports, you can't implement a global tyranny without a digital passport
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Jeroen *************
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 It's so obvious ain't it. The Digital ID was and is one of the main goals of the whole hoax...as we knew at very beginning of the Plandemic.
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Marilyn ***********
@Naja **********
 You nailed it!!
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Kool *******
@Jeroen ************
 those unvaccinated are still required to quarantine for 5 days, and a covid test on day 5.
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Ian *********
@Kool ******
 no mate as long as you upload a pcr test to thai pass 72hour before flight no quarantine at all or test .
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Jeroen *************
@Kool ******
 yes 1 PCR test during quarantaine I see. So then... what happens when you test positive during quarantaine?. 10 days more quarantaine? Hospital? What a shambles.
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Dazza ******
@Jeroen ************
 the choices we make 🍺
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Jeroen *************
@Dazza *****
 one of my best friends died soon after his second jab. And it wasn't a choice either. Enjoy your beer.
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Delvonte ********
@Jeroen ************
 If you get a rt- test prior to arrival there is no quarantine for unvaccinated
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Marilyn ***********
@Jeroen ************
 Sad how many people died because of the vaccine and not even their choices 😔
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Dazza ******
@Jeroen ************
 life is a journey to death nothing more nothing less , sorry about your friend , but people die everyday due to many diff things , that’s a part of life , and we deal with it and move on

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Jeroen *************
@Dazza *****
 you are drunk already I see, enjoy it.
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Eric **********
@Jeroen ************
 Vaccine free. Well put! 👍
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Carl ********
I received my Thai pass last week haha. Very doubtful I will get any money back but I’m just happy the tests have gone. That was the one thing I was hoping would go!
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Naja ***********
Carl valid question, why such rudeness?
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Miguel *************
@Carl *******
 the article says nothing about the pass not being necessary, it remains a requirement.
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Carl ********
@Miguel ************
 what are you on about? I already have my pass. I’m on about tests
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Miguel *************
@Carl *******
 what else am I supposed to read in “I already received my Thai pass, very doubtful I will get my money back”?
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Carl ********
@Miguel ************
 yes. I paid like 5 times the price for the hotel via the Thai pass. So why would I not say about my money back. Other People understood what I meant
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Miguel *************
@Carl *******
 other people knew there are different options related to the pass. Thanks for being an idiot about it.
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Carl ********
@Miguel ************
 you’re a grown man. Learn some manners.
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Miguel *************
@Carl *******
 you’ve got your pass, maybe the Thais can tech you some. Your writing is not irreparable either.
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@Miguel ************
 ok thank you for your feedback!
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Jw ********
@Carl *******
 Miguel is afflicted with diarrhea of the mouth.
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Steve **********
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 the one I booked does a refund minus 500 baht processing fee. Make sure you check. You probably will get it.
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Garrett ***********
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@Carl *******
 If you reach out to your hotel they should refund you, they've been pretty good about handing refunds with the changing policies.
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Carl ********
@Garrett **********
 yes I will thank you. I land at 7am so I’m hoping my hotel will still let me check in straight away! This is great news though.
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Ben *********
Wow! Getting there, better.
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