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In a bid to revitalize its struggling tourism sector, Thailand has announced that visitors who have already received COVID-19 vaccines will only need to be quarantined for seven days instead of the usual 14-day period. This will come into effect beginning April 2021.
On March 8, 2021, the country’s health minister Anutin Charnvirankul said in a press conference that this exemption would only apply to visitors who had received vaccine shots for the virus within three months of the travel period, and who had also tested negative for the virus.
A view inside Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, with minimal arrivals, in March 2020. IMAGE: Bangkok Post
Those yet to receive vaccines but who had certificates to prove they were not infected would be required to undergo a…
