The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration  (CCSA) on 19 March decided to gradually ease COVID-19 controls for foreign arrivals beginning on 1 April, shortening or lifting quarantine periods and increasing the range of activities allowed them.

CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said that from 1 April, visitors would not be required to show a fit-to-fly document.

From 1 April to 30 September, quarantine facilities of various forms would remain operative.

In the first phase of relaxation of quarantine from 1 April to 30 June, quarantined arrivals would be allowed to leave their rooms to go to a gymnasium, outdoor exercise area, swimming pool and controlled areas for cycling and outside shopping.

In the next phase of relaxation from 1 July to 30 September, they would be able to eat in restaurants at their hotels and have health massages.

From 1 October onwards, quarantine would be required only for people arriving from specified areas.

On the issue of quarantine duration, Taweesilp said, from 1 April to 30 September, arrivals without a vaccination certificate (VC) and COVID-19 free certificate (CFC) would be quarantined for 10 days, and be tested for the disease twice.

Arrivals with VCs and CFCs would be quarantined for seven days and tested once. Those with VCs but without CFCs would be tested twice.

The 14-day quarantine period would remain for arrivals from areas where the COVID-19 virus has mutated, which is of global concern, Taweesilp said.

Thailand reported one more death and 100 new COVID-19 cases, 96 local infections and four imported, on 19 March, lifting the total to 90 fatalities and 27,594 cases.

Source: VNA