Uk to Bangkok....and back?

[Londoner]

It is claimed that the UK Government -when or if it is  eventually able to get its act together- is planning to lift quarantine requirements for visitors from a large number of countries. The Bangkok Post thinks that Thailand will be on the list, as it should be in view of its success in fighting the virus. 

If this is true it's good news for those of us straining at the leash to return to our boyfriends . It may encourage  the Thais to consider adding the UK and its vast tourist potential to favoured countries in a couple of months and, of course, any proposed trip to Thailand for me depended on being allowed back to my home without some form of imprisonment.

The full  list was due to be released today; now it's intimated that it'll be tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

[anddy]

I just saw the list on BBC, to my big surprise Thailand was not on it. Go figure. European patchwork at it's best. 

[Milk78]

No Thailand but i see Vietnam made the list. 

 

[PeterRS]

2 hours ago, Milk78 said:

No Thailand but i see Vietnam made the list. 

Vietnam has had no deaths and one of the lowest infection rates in the world.

[Londoner]

No infections in Thailand for more than four weeks. I'm expecting further countries to be added to the list. Originally, it was reported that there would be seventy-five. Of course, its posssible that the Thais don't want us and asked to be taken of the list to avoid problems later.

Still clutching at straws.

[Vessey]

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-countries-and-territories-exempt-from-advice-against-all-but-essential-international-travel

And yet Thailand appears to make this list?

I am confused  

[spoon]

11 minutes ago, Vessey said:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-countries-and-territories-exempt-from-advice-against-all-but-essential-international-travel

And yet Thailand appears to make this list?

I am confused  

They seems to revised the previous list. Even malaysia, singapore and brunei is on the list now

[Londoner]

I suspect that this a revised list of those countries which the FCO deems safe for us to travel and not the "no quarantine list".  Not quite the same. 

However, this government is often confused, so who knows? 

At least it makes insurance easier to find.

[spoon]

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors#travel-corridors-countries-and-territories-exemption-list

This is the list that doesnt include thailand.

[Milk78]

In classic UK government behaviour, there are two lists. 

Thailand has made the list which says it is ok for non-essential travel, but you will have to self isolate/ quarantine for 14 days on return to the UK. 

This will be in addition to any restrictions at the Thailand end if there are any? 

 

[Milk78]

The fact it has made the ok for Jon essential travel list means that travel insurance is not automatically invalidated. 

[Guest]

This is straightforward   There are 2 separate topics and therefore 2 separate lists.    That part is logical.

#1   Quarantine Exemption.      A list of countries where quarantine is no longer required.    Thailand is NOT on this list, so quarantine is still required.      

#2     Advice against travel to a country.     The UK and many other countries maintain lists of countries and/or regious which they advise against travel to.      Apparently Thailand was removed from the list.  So the UK government no longer advises against travel to Thailand.     

[Although, I believe that at times, the area of southern Thailand by the Malaysian border has been on the list in the past, so anyone actually going there might consider this, if they are paranoid]

 

 

[Patanawet]

Yes indeed. Looks like another u-turn from Boris. He makes more u-turns than Prayut and Trump combined.
This from Bangkok Post:

LONDON: Travellers from Thailand arriving in England will still be required to self-isolate for 14 days, according to revised guidelines.

The updated guidelines published on the UK Government website late Friday list 59 countries and territories for which no quarantine will apply, starting from July 10.

The United States and China are not on the “travel corridors exemption list”, but neither is Thailand, despite earlier reports that it would be

[forky123]

On 7/4/2020 at 10:13 AM, Patanawet said:

Yes indeed. Looks like another u-turn from Boris.

Is it really a U-turn if you simply don’t know what you’re doing or where you are going?

[Guest]

On 7/4/2020 at 10:13 AM, Patanawet said:

Yes indeed. Looks like another u-turn from Boris. He makes more u-turns than Prayut and Trump combined.
This from Bangkok Post:

LONDON: Travellers from Thailand arriving in England will still be required to self-isolate for 14 days, according to revised guidelines.
 

Where is the U-turn in that ?   

The UK government introduced 14 day quarantine for arrivals from Thailand in June and has not changed that requirement.

If the Bangkok post happens to speculate that the quarantine would be lifted for Thailand, then it doesn't happen, that's not a government U-turn.

 

The quarantine requirement has been lifted for certain countries.   Those are countries with reducing covid infection counts and presumably with data that the UK government trusts.  

Since policy should be set according to relative covid infection rates, this looks more like a correct & logical adjustment in response to changing data than a U-turn.

Incidentally, it would be dead easy for any of us to go to Worldmeters.com, look up infection rates and suggest which countries the government should relax quarantine rules for.  However, I presume the civil service and government need to look into the matter more deeply and consider the reliability of the data before setting policy.