No added measures for Chinese arrivals, Thai officials rule 

Thailand will not impose tougher COVID measures for Chinese travelers, hundreds of thousands of whom are expected to pour into Thailand after Sunday, when China scraps travel restrictions. 

After officials met yesterday to weigh their options given the recent spread of COVID-19 in China, they agreed not to apply additional requirements. That means no testing but mandatory insurance for visitors from countries that require negative RT-PCR test results before flying back home. 

Starting Jan. 8, China will open its borders to international travelers, scrapping quarantine and on-arrival COVID tests. However, it still requires all returning passengers to present a negative test result obtained within 48 hours of boarding.

Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the rule is to guarantee that those who contract the disease are able to afford treatment in…