Visitors to Thailand no longer required to undergo testing upon arrival from May
Fully vaccinated visitors to Thailand will no longer be required to take RT-PCR tests upon arrival as from May 1, the country’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on April 22.
Tourists take a photo at a pagoda in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – Fully vaccinated visitors to Thailand will no longerbe required to take RT-PCR tests upon arrival as from May 1, the country’s Centre for COVID-19 SituationAdministration (CCSA) announced on April 22.
They are still recommended to take a self Antigen Test Kit(ATK), or as Rapid Antigen Test, on the fifth day of their arrival.
Since the beginning of April, foreign visitors and Thai nationals returningfrom abroad did not need to take RT-PCR tests before departing, but they stillneed to undergo this test upon arrival, including those who have been fullyvaccinated.
After chairing the CCSA meeting, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand’stourism sector is recovering, and rapid antigen test will be more convenientand faster for foreign visitors.
"Many countries are relaxing travel restrictionssignificantly and our country depends considerably on tourism to supportour economy," the prime minister said.
CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin later said that also fromMay 1 there would be no Test & Go entry scheme. The government would havedifferent measures for vaccinated and unvaccinated foreign arrivals by air.
The CCSA also announced several other changes topandemic prevention requirements for arrivals the same day, including reducingthe required insurance coverage to 10,000 USD and granting entry to unvaccinated visitors,providing they show a negative pre-departure PCR result.
On April 22 morning, Thailand reported 21,808new cases of COVID and 128 related deaths in the previous 24 hours, raising thenational caseload to 4,128,038 and total fatalities to 27,520.
As of April 21, the country had administered 132.09 million doses of COVID-19vaccine, with 80.6 percent of the population receiving one shot, 73.1 percenttwo shots and 36.2 percent booster shots./.
The Thai Tourism and Sports Ministry is considering the replacement of mandatory PCR testing for foreign tourists with COVID rapid antigen tests certified by a competent authority from May 1.
Travellers arriving in Thailand will no longer require pre-travel Covid-19 tests from April 1 onwards, according to a spokesperson from the Thai Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
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Tourists take a photo at a pagoda in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) 
