Pattaya and Chiang Mai may again become tourist “sandboxes” Thursday when the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration considers relaxing coronavirus restrictions.
In addition to restarting the Test & Go tourist-entry scheme as early as Feb. 1, the CCSA will vote on proposals to reinstate “sandbox” status for Chiang Mai, Chonburi, Khon Kaen and Samut Prakan provinces.
The four provinces were among 16 that lost sandbox status Dec. 21 when the CCSA over-reacted and reimposed strict entry controls and other restrictions in response to the emergence of the omicron coronavirus variant.
On Jan. 4, the CCSA then raised the country’s Covid-19 alert level to four, extended the suspension of Test & Go,…
