The government will on Wednesday weigh up whether it will scrap the second RT-PCR test for overseas arrivals under the Test & Go scheme, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
He said the Department of Disease Control (DDC) and the Emergency Operation Centre under the Public Health Ministry will present proposals for consideration to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). One proposal involves scrapping the second RT-PCR test for overseas arrivals, he said.
The Test & Go programme for fully vaccinated travellers resumed on Feb 1 with travellers required to take two tests, one on the first day of arrival and another on the fifth.
There will be no need for the tests because infections are spreading mostly among locals,…
