Thailand continues relaxing COVID-19 restrictions from October 1
Visitors entering Thailand will no longer be required to show their COVID-19 vaccination or test certificates and infected people with mild or no symptoms will not need to be quarantined from October 1.
Thai Minister of Health Anutin Charnvirakul (Photo: Thaipbsworld)
Bangkok (VNA) - Visitors entering Thailand will no longer berequired to show their COVID-19 vaccination or test certificates and infectedpeople with mild or no symptoms will not need to be quarantined from October 1.
The changes were announced on September 21 by Thai Ministerof Health Anutin Charnvirakul after a meeting of the National CommunicableDisease Committee.
He said the committee resolved to redefine COVID-19 as acommunicable disease under surveillance, instead of as a dangerouscommunicable disease, from October 1 to September next year.
From October 1, infected people who have no or mild symptomswill not be quarantined, but will be advised to strictly follow measures tohelp control the disease, including the use of face masks, social distancingand hand washing for five days.
Sophon Iamsirithaworn, deputy director-general of theDepartment of Disease Control, said on September 22 that disease controlmeasures will be relaxed because COVID-19 symptoms are currently not severeand are similar to those of a common cold./.
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Thai Minister of Health Anutin Charnvirakul (Photo: Thaipbsworld) 
