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Thailand to consider reopening as COVID-19 wave stabilizes

The Nation/Asia News Network

BANGKOK — Moves to ease restrictions and reopen Thailand will be considered on Thursday at a meeting of the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said the CCSA will meet to re-evaluate Thailand’s Omicron outbreak and consider adjusting measures accordingly.

The Public Health Ministry will also ask the CCSA to change Covid control zones in line with the current situation so that restrictions on activities are eased.

The meeting will also discuss measures regarding the closure of the country to foreign tourists, said the spokesman, without elaborating.

Hoteliers and tourism business operators are calling on the government to resume the quarantine-free Test & Go scheme, in which fully vaccinated foreign tourists must stay just one night in a…

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