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Air transit passengers now welcome, ‘yacht quarantine’ proposed

The passenger terminal at Suvarnabhumi airport stands silent, devoid of passengers. Travellers with the proper papers can now transit through the airport, with a maximum 12-hour stay. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

Transit flights are now being allowed through Suvarnabhumi airport and crews of visiting yachts may soon be able to complete quarantine aboard their boats, the government’s Covid-19 prevention spokesman said on Tuesday.

Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said travellers transitting through Suvarnabhumi airport would have to show fit-to-fly and Covid-free certificates, as well as health insurance documents.

They would be confined to a specific area at the airport terminal, and not be allowed to visit shops there, he said.

Transit passengers would…

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