Last-minute travel barriers spurring a surge of demand for COVID-tests on the eve of the nation’s biggest holiday has overwhelmed Bangkok’s private hospitals.
After a slew of travel restrictions went up around Bangkok, holiday travelers in need of testing certificates today were left to call around to hospitals in hope of finding any with remaining tests, a situation changing by the moment. So far, private hospitals to suspend testing include Samitivej Srinakarin, Sukhumvit, Phyathai 1, Paolo Kaset, Praram 9, BNH, Piyavate and MedPark.
In the past 24 hours, officials throughout the kingdom announced mandatory quarantine for anyone arriving without proof of a recent COVID test from the capital and four provinces comprising metropolitan Bangkok – Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Nakhon Pathom.
So far those restrictions have been announced in popular…
