All visitors to Thailand require medical certificate, insurance and monitoring system
The Thai government has announced that citizens of and those arriving from South Korea, Italy, Iran, as well as China and two of its territories Macau and Hong Kong, are to experience the kingdom’s most stringent screening.
Incoming passengers lining up to have their temperature taken and health assessed at a checkpoint at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok (Photo: AFP)
Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Thai government hasannounced that citizens of and those arriving from the Republic of Korea, Italy, Iran, aswell as China and two of its territories Macau and Hong Kong, are to experiencethe kingdom’s most stringent screening.
Deputy PrimeMinister Wissanu Krea-ngam announced that the government has stepped up itsmeasures to screen all incoming passengers, while placing major emphasis onthose arriving from the listed high-risk nations.
The new measurerequires all nationalities arriving in the kingdom to show a medicalcertificate, issued no more than three days prior to their arrival, havepurchased an insurance plan for COVID-19 and give consent to allow authorities to install a monitoring application on theirsmart phone.
Earlier, the kingdomtemporarily revoked visa free entry for ‘high-risk’ countries, namely the RoK, Italy and Hong Kong, as well as canceling eligibility forvisa-on-arrival of another 18 countries. Those needing to visit the kingdomduring this time will require a visa issued by a Thai Embassy abroad./.
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Incoming passengers lining up to have their temperature taken and health assessed at a checkpoint at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok (Photo: AFP) 
