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Country to rejig reopening model

Country to rejig reopening model

Quarantine, sealed routes to be scrapped

Stores are closed on a deserted street in the Night Bazaar area of Chiang Mai on Thursday. Thailand is set to reopen more of its popular tourist destinations, including Chiang Mai, starting next month, betting that a higher local inoculation rate can help draw more foreign visitors and revive an economy battered by the pandemic. Bloomberg

Thailand is rethinking its reopening model as it will adopt the “One SOP, One System” (OSOS) policy, scrapping both mandatory quarantine and sealed routes for all pilot areas within this year and cutting Covid-19 test costs by half.

The reopening plan for five more areas — Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Cha-am and Bangkok — will be submitted to…

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