Since April 1, fully vaccinated travelers who want to travel to Thailand can use a reduced quarantine period of 7 days instead of 10. We will list the rules for this.
To qualify for the reduced quarantine obligation, you must be in possession of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate, in paper or electronic form, showing that you have received the two required doses. The vaccine must be approved and registered with the Ministry of Health (MoPH) in Thailand, or approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Rules and requirements for the 7 day quarantine:
- The quarantine requirement is reduced to 7 days for international arrivals who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a vaccine, approved and registered with the MoPH or approved by the WHO, not less than 14 days before the date of travel.
- Travelers must be from countries without a mutated strain of the SAR-CoV-2 virus, as announced and continuously updated by the MoPH.
- The following vaccines are accepted (as of March 31, 2021):
- ARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (CoronaVac) by Sinovac (needs 2 doses);
- AZD1222 from AstraZeneca/Oxford (requires 2 doses);
- AZD1222 by SK BIOSCIENCE – AstraZeneca/Oxford (requires 2 doses);
- BNT162b2/CORMIRNATY – Tozinameran (INN) by Pfizer/BioNTech (requires 2 doses);
- Covishield (ChAdOx1_nCoV19) by the Serum Institute of India (needs 2 doses);
- Ad26.COV2.S from the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (1 dose required);
- mRNA-1273 from Moderna (needs 2 doses).
Vaccinated international travelers who are unable to present a valid vaccination certificate, an original document or a printout of an online vaccination certificate to the International Port Health Control at the airport of arrival must still be quarantined for 10 days.
The quarantine period will be shortened from 14 days (15 nights) to 10 days (11 nights) for international arrivals from countries without a mutated strain of the SAR-CoV-2 virus who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 or who have not had a full vaccination .
The current 14-day quarantine period will remain in effect for people arriving from the 11 countries with SAR-CoV-2 virus mutations and variants, as per the MoPH's list (as of March 31, 2021), which are: Botswana; Cameroon; Congo; Ghana; Kenya; Mozambique; Rwanda; South Africa; Tanzania; Zambia and Zimbabwe.
To be able to travel to Thailand, all other rules remain in force, such as:
- A valid visa and/or entry permit (Certificate of Entry – CoE) issued by the Thai embassy or consulate;
- COVID-19 health insurance with a minimum coverage of $100.000;
- Confirmation of a hotel booking in an alternate state quarantine (ASQ):
- A medical certificate with an RT-PCR test indicating that COVID-19 has not been detected, issued at least 72 hours before departure.
Travelers should contact the Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate in their home country for a Visa or CoE.
During quarantine in Thailand, foreigners must undergo an RT-PCR test on days 5-6 for those under 7 days of quarantine. A 10-day quarantine requires two tests, on days 3-5 and days 9-10. For a 14-day quarantine, three tests are required on the day of arrival, days 6-7 and days 12-13.
Source: TAT News
I fall into the 7 days rule, does that still mean that I can sit at the hotel pool and use the sports room, or are there changes, I will arrive May 1st.
Is the piece of paper issued by the GGD an official certificate?
Or are there other ways to get a certificate in the Netherlands?
I received a yellow vaccination booklet (GGD), when I had myself vaccinated before I went on holiday to Thailand for the 1st time, you can also have the 2 Corona vaccinations added via the GGD, but also the vaccination certificate you receive, if you get vaccinated money officially as proof !!
M. Fr. gr. Leo_C
https://www.thailandblog.nl/lezersvraag/lezersvraag-ervaring-met-de-quarantaine-regels-in-thailand/
Take a look at these messages about the rules...they still differ a bit per hotel
My goodness, how complicated. Pff, then just keep going, and wait an extra year, perhaps there will be much more clear, and the rules simpler.
No Mark,
It has already become simpler compared to 4 months ago.
And even then it was already possible to go to Thailand. So read on and then you don't have to postpone your trip for a year!
Besides, who says it's all much simpler then?
Is that right Mark, thought to book a ticket in advance but think I'll wait a while, if it stays that way then I'll also wait until……?
Certificate of Entry, COVID-19 health insurance, medical statement, 7-day quarantine, tracking app, face mask on almost everything... Well, I'll wait another year!
If I go for a visa at the Thai consulate, and I show my yellow vaccination booklet as proof, where these vaccinations are listed, then they should be able to see whether or not I can qualify for this visa.
Once the visa is in my passport, there should be enough proof for immigration in Bangkok that I have had both vaccinations.
Or do you still have to show another form at this immigration?
From now on only vaccinated persons who are eligible for a visa.
What about the “Visa Exemption”?
What about the “Re-entry”?
Dear RonnyLatYA, Sorry my question was actually seen from my position, where I wondered when applying for a visa, whether the yellow vaccination booklet would be sufficient?
But you are of course right with the options below, hence the next question.
Could this same vaccination booklet, which is in my name, also be sufficient in Bangkok for a Visa Exemption and a Re-entry, or is it not accepted in Bangkok and do I need another proof?
No idea John.
Has anything appeared that people in Thailand officially accept or will accept? Don't know. Haven't read anything official about it yet.
At the moment, mentioning it in the yellow booklet or proof of your vaccination seems to suffice.
John.
If you can demonstrate with your yellow vaccination booklet that you have been injected twice, that is sufficient for arrival in Thailand.
If you were planning to travel to Thailand for pleasure, then I have a dark brown suspicion that no dog will go there, because if you have no business here, you will still miss all the lust with this bowl on requirements and tourism will remain at a low point for a long time to come, which perhaps seems to be the intention, because this cannot be conceived with common sense.
Totally agree Alexander.
I have been staying in Chiang Mai since January 2020.
There is little or nothing to do at the moment.
Pubs, bars and entertainment venues are closed. Restaurants must close earlier and may not serve alcohol. Most parks are closed. Shopping malls are open but also close earlier, but that doesn't matter. There are very few people in the shopping centers, I suspect that most Thai people are afraid and just stay at home. You also notice that there is much less traffic on the road.
Goodbye,
Geert.
Which shows that the Thai people impose restrictions on themselves when it comes to coming into contact with others in public space. The examples you mention had to be enforced in the EU through government measures. Thai people touch each other much less, were already used to wearing face masks, and were already keeping a better distance from each other. Its effects can be seen in the extremely low numbers of infections.
The fact that there are a lot fewer people walking around in shopping malls is also partly due to the fact that many have no or less income than before.
If you don't have the money to buy something or visit a restaurant or something like that, what are you looking for in a shopping mall, perhaps for the free cooling air available there.
And the same goes for traffic no work for many also means less commuting.
Jan Beute.
Knowing that the first Covid-19 infection was on/around January 9, 2020 (in Thailand) and that the virus originated in China and knowing that the Chinese travel a lot to Thailand, it is unimaginable that in Thailand 2020 there were hardly any Covid infections. Yet that was the government's message and in the daily briefings it was always “neatly” stated that it concerned foreigners or Thais returning from abroad. Only very rarely a domestic infection. That is of course totally unbelievable.
In August, an Uzbek entered Thailand to play football at Buriram United. He neatly did 14 days of quarantine, was tested negative all the time. And suddenly after 21 days he is infected. Theoretically, that is possible (95% of infections take place within 14 days, so he could fall into that 5%), but it would be more logical that he was simply infected in Buriram. In this second/third wave, it is also like to mention that the infections come from migrants (Burma). Or as they claim in my wife's village by Cambodians who cross the border illegally or otherwise, which often happens in the region (Surin/Prasat). True or false, it proves that the virus was, is and will be in Thailand.
It's ridiculous that Prayut didn't declare a lockdown during Songkran. At least, from the point of view of safety and the duty of care for citizens. But of course Prayut is only concerned about his support in HiSo and military circles. Circles that now have so many infections. And everyone knows that the ordinary Thai does not stay in bars where the minimum spend must be 200.000 baht per night.
Why this long story? Because the Thai government does not care at all about the ordinary Thai and the industries that provide the income. As it now seems, Thailand is entering its second year without significant tourism income. That accounted for 20 to 25% of the BPN and that is a lot!! The government is not taking any or hardly any measures to stop the virus, the vaccination strategy is even more idiotic than in the Netherlands (Pfizer and Moderna not approved, although they have been on the market for almost half a year, vaccination only really starts in June, also half a year years later than the rest of the world). That all leads to enormous damage to the Thai economy and now Prayut is going to announce that he wants to prevent that? What a joke! Too late and above all unbelievable! Then he should not have let people travel with Songkran to begin with, knowing that a new wave is about to begin.
No, it will take a long time in Thailand and they will (unfortunately) notice that too. I can only hope that the consequences are limited, but in the extreme case a new confrontation between red and yellow shirts could be possible. Perhaps that is even closer than ever, now that the unrest in Thailand is increasing and with economic malaise on the horizon, that is often a good recipe for civil war.
How Pfizer and Moderna are not approved?
Vaccines against COVID-19 approved by Thai Ministry of Public Health
Sinovac: ARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (CoronaVac)
AstraZeneca: AZD1222
Pfizer/BioNTech: Comirnaty (BNT162b2 / Tozinameran (INN))
Serum Institute of India: Covishield (ChAdOx1_nCoV19)
Janssen (Johnson & Johnson): Ad26.COV2.S
Moderna: mRNA-1273
https://hague.thaiembassy.org/th/content/118896-measures-to-control-the-spread-of-covid-19
Dennis is right, in Thailand the FDA has approved 3 vaccines: Sinovac, Astra Zeneca and Johnson. The list used by the embassy concerns the vaccines with which you can enter Thailand as a foreigner with a shortened quarantine, it says nothing about what has been approved in Thailand by the FDA and may be used there.
You're right. These are the medicines accepted by the Thai Ministry of Public Health, but not all of them are registered by the FDA.
Although it also seems to me that the application must first be submitted in order to be accepted and that this has or has not happened.
https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thailand-fda-approves-johnson-johnsons-covid-19-vaccine-348597
I mean vaccines, of course, instead of medicines.
In any case, it seems to be fine with certain vaccines
Apparently people also read TB 😉
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-negotiating-buy-5-10-mln-doses-pfizer-vaccine-pm-2021-04-20/
I've had covid for the past 6 months and only get one injection how is this handled?