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Thailand is a very high risk area as of August 14, 2021. What does that mean for travelers from Thailand to the Netherlands?
- If you are traveling between 14 and 16 August 2021, you will need a corona proof (negative PCR test, proof of vaccination or proof of recovery), and you must be in (home) quarantine upon arrival in the Netherlands. You must therefore have a quarantine statement with you.
- If you are traveling from Thailand to the Netherlands after 16 August 2021, you must submit a negative PCR test that is not older than 48 hours at the time of arrival in the Netherlands (even if you have been vaccinated or have proof of recovery). You must also be in (home) quarantine after arrival in the Netherlands. You must therefore have a quarantine statement with you. For more information about quarantine: www.rijksoverheid.nl/…/in-quarantine-na…
The requirement of a negative PCR test not older than 48 hours and mandatory quarantine also apply to Thai travelers to the Netherlands. Thai travelers can only travel to the Netherlands if they belong to an exception category. Consult the website for more information: www.government.nl/…/eu-entry-ban-exemption…
Source: Dutch embassy in Bangkok
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Test must be taken 24 hours before departure. Not 48 hours.
https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/mandatory-negative-test-results-and-declaration/mandatory-when-travelling-from-a-high-risk-country
“You travel by plane, ferry or other ships (such as cruises and river cruises)
From August 8, 2021
After a stay in a very high-risk area with a worrying virus variant, you will need from 8 August 2021:
need a negative NAAT(PCR) test result taken up to 24 hours before departure, or
if you cannot get a NAAT (PCR) test result within 24 hours before departure, you need 2 test results:
a negative NAAT (PCR) test that was taken no more than 48 hours before departure and
a negative antigen test taken no more than 24 hours before departure. “
You didn't look closely. You selected a country with high risk AND a special virus variant. Thailand is not! No special virus variant!
If you select Thailand from the list, then from the 14th the following is valid:
You currently have to comply with this if you travel (back) to the Netherlands (and are 12 years or older):
Corona proof
You may only travel back with a vaccination certificate.
If you don't have one, make sure you have a negative test result (NAAT(PCR) test no more than 48 hours old upon departure or a rapid test no more than 24 hours old upon departure). How do I get a test?
https://www.government.nl/topics/coronavirus-covid-19/visiting-the-netherlands-from-abroad/checklist-entry/from-outside-the-eu
Sorry, something went wrong with the reference.
The terms as with the article do apply! Thailand is a very high-risk country with no special virus variants.
https://reizentijdenscorona.rijksoverheid.nl/
In many notifications you see differences with regard to the time of collection or time of result
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measurement from departure or from arrival of the flight
Following example.
In Thailand, some time is required: test conducted a maximum of 48 hours before the arrival of the aircraft.
Practically not feasible. After all, in many cases you will only receive the test result 24 hours after the test has been taken.
If you then have to be at the airport 3 hours before departure and the flight takes, for example, 16 hours, this is almost unfeasible!
here again. The requirement is a negative test result taken within 24 hours before departure!!
Many test centers try to have test results within 24 hours of taking the test. But if you get it then the 24 hours have passed and you are too late!!
So you have to rely on the second option. You can achieve 48 hours of PCR and you can often have a negative antigen test within a few hours.
Another complication is the following. The laboratories where the PCR test is processed are often only located in the very large cities. The places where the test is administered must therefore send the test to the laboratories. That is why these test centers are often only open during the morning. All tests are then sent to the laboratory in the afternoon.
My conclusion is the following.
Precisely for these various reasons, it seems wise to have the PCR test, so the test that takes many hours, done in Bangkok. Sending to the laboratory is then fast and you are quite quickly at the airport to leave.
https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/landen/thailand/reizen/reisadvies
Even with 23.000 infections per day (= 0,03% of the population), this is a ridiculous decision.
Please explain how you arrived at that 0.03%.
I count 70m inhabitants Th / 23k infections = 0.0003
70 million inhabitants in Thailand
1% of 70.000.000 = 700.000
0.1% of 70.000.000 = 70.000
23.000 infections is then approximately a third of 0.1% and therefore 0.03%.
Certainly important information for travelers who will soon be returning from Thailand to the Netherlands. But isn't it incredible that this information from the Dutch embassy is not the same as that on other websites, such as those with the travel advice from the government? I'm getting a little tired of all this half and contradictory information. How complicated it is to get to Thailand now, to travel through the country to visit family and to travel back again later. At least this isn't a vacation anymore!