Covid-19 News & Updates

[Dannie Boy]

I’m going to be starting my return process early next week so will feedback how I get on - I’m obviously hoping that it is only going to require the one night hotel stay while I wait for the PCR Test result and that the hotel can be booked in the HH/CA area - watch this space!!


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[buksida]

Curfew to end in 17 tourist provinces
The prime minister has ordered an end to the curfew in 17 provinces, including Bangkok, from Oct 31 to support the reopening of the country to fully vaccinated foreign tourists on Nov 1.

The order, signed by Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, was published in the Royal Gazette late on Thursday night.

It said the Covid-19 situation in the country was improving with stable new caseloads and faster patient recovery, and it was necessary to revive the national economy.

The curfew will therefore end at 11pm on Oct 31 in the "Sandbox" provinces that were declared maximum and strict control zones but have tourism significance and are designated for reopening.

From Oct 16, the curfew has been from 11pm to 3am in maximum and strict control provinces.

The 17 provinces where the curfew will end are:

- Bangkok
- Krabi
- Chon Buri (only in Bang Lamung, Pattaya, Si Racha, Koh Si Chang and tambon Na Jomtien and tambon Bang Sare of Sattahip district)
- Chiang Mai (in Muang, Doi Tao, Mae Rim and Mae Taeng districts)
- Trat (on Koh Chang only)
- Buri Ram
- Prachuap Khiri Khan (in tambon Hua Hin and tambon Nong Kae only)
- Phangnga
- Phetchaburi (in Cha-am municipality only)
- Phuket
- Ranong (on Koh Phayam only)
- Rayong (on Koh Samet only)
- Loei (in Chiang Khan district only)
- Samut Prakan (only at Suvarnabhumi airport)
- Surat Thani (on Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and on Koh Tao only)
- Nong Khai (in Muang, Sangkhom, Sri Chiang Mai and Tha Bo districts)
- Udon Thani (in Muang, Ban Dung, Kumphawapi, Na Yoong, Nong Han and Prachak Silapakhom districts)

The number of people at public gatherings in the tourist reopening zones will be capped at 500.

Entertainment venues in the tourism reopening provinces will remain closed, including pubs, bars and karaoke shops, but operators and officials could begin preparing for their reopening, which would be permitted later.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... -provinces

That'll get em flooding in, you can stay out at night now - but everything is closed

[Big Boy]

I thought our curfew had ended anyway. I have unknowingly broken it When did it change?

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[buksida]

So did I ... more conflicting information from the ministry of bullshit it seems.

[joelle]

Each province's daily domestic COVID-19 cases update in Thailand on Friday October 22nd.
Infographic from Scandinavian Facebook page: Thaipodden

[hhinner]

I thought our curfew had ended anyway. I have unknowingly broken it When did it change?

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The article refers to maximum and strict control zones - or dark red - which still have curfew. As you say we came out of curfew and are in a red (not dark) zone.

[sateeb]

I thought our curfew had ended anyway. I have unknowingly broken it When did it change?

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I thought we had been changed to a red province ergo no curfew. BKK still has the curfew.
Just my outlook on it.

[Big Boy]

So this morning's Bangkok Post article is wrong, trying to make it look as though they're giving us something we've already got.

[Big Boy]

Today's Brief:

[joelle]

What happens when Thais or expats go abroad for a short holiday and then return to Thailand? Here are your answers. (Expats, don’t forget you also need to take out medical insurance with minimum coverage of $50,000)

[HHTel]

I thought our curfew had ended anyway. I have unknowingly broken it When did it change?

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I thought we had been changed to a red province ergo no curfew. BKK still has the curfew.
Just my outlook on it.

We are a red province as opposed to a dark red. Curfew was lifted on October 16th as per the graph.

Publication of that graph has already been published more than a week ago.

[Big Boy]

I've seen several local publications that reported the lifting of the curfew on the 16th now saying curfew will be lifted on 31 Oct. Also today's brief states it will lift on 31 Oct. Somebody, somewhere has been telling untruths.

[HHTel]

Who's saying Oct 31st. You sure it's not referring to BKK ready for it's 'opening' on the 1st.
That infograph came out last week and was a confirmation of what was said in the daily brief (Wednesday of last week I think but it may have been Monday)

[HHTel]

From last Friday's briefing:

For maximum controlled and strict zones, the curfew time has been extended to 23.00 hrs. to 03.00 hrs. for at least 15 days, effective from 16 October 2021. Opening hours for businesses are now adjusted to 22.00 hrs. instead of 21.00 hrs. Meetings, traditional festivals, and cultural activities in exhibition halls, conference centres, and similar types of establishments can now be held. Care facilities for elderly people can now accept day-time visits.

15 days from the 16th in the Maximum controlled zones (Dark Red). It strikes me that the only change is dropping the curfew in dark red zones. It was already dropped for everyone else on the 16th.

[Big Boy]

I've been checking the bits where we thought we'd had curfew lifted, and this is the TAT News (the Farang go-to place for reliable information), and this seems to confirm the curfew was lifted https://www.tatnews.org/2021/10/more-co ... ober-2021/

However, a bit more mooching about in the Thai PR area says unless over-ridden by the province. I can not find any letter from our Governor saying we can go out to play again . I'm guessing by his silence, he is saying we are still under curfew.

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Clear as mud TIT