Update: September 19, 2021. Thia Thai Visa proposal was approved, but there is a catch. Read the full article here. There is talk about 10-year visas, owning land and property for wealthy foreigners. They need to attract foreigners with money, spending power and expertise to come and live in Thailand. It suggested such a policy […]
Thailand has banned sunscreens containing chemicals that damage coral from all of its marine national parks. The Thai Department of Conservation said four ingredients commonly found in sun creams were shown to destroy coral larvae, obstruct coral reproduction and cause reef bleaching. Anyone using sun lotion in Thailand’s many marine national parks can be fined […]
What about foreigners or expats residing in the country? How many are vaccinated, and where can they get their shots? Only July 21st, The Ministry of Public Health has urgently ordered all provinces to accelerate vaccination for the elderly who are 60 years old or older, people in high-risk groups with 7 underlying health conditions, […]
Is the delta variety deadlier than the original variant? What is the survival rate? What are the symptoms? So far they have data from the UK. UK has the most Delta variant cases, with more than 65,000 cases Epidemiologist at the Queen Mary University of London said, “This is a mutation that has possibly been […]
The Tourism Authority of Thailand announced on July 19th with new travel restrictions and lockdown in 13 provinces. What are the 13 provinces? When will lockdown start, and how long they last? The Thai Deputy Director-General of The Department of Disease Control or the Thai DDC, said, if the new infection rate is still high […]
Remember the Phuket sandbox? Where tourists are allowed to travel to Thailand with the 14-day quarantine, remember that? Here are some recent updates. These were recently published this past week. So far, there have been more than 10,000 tourists travelling to Phuket under the sandbox program, according to TAT. Their average stay is 11 nights, […]
Why is Thailand still using the Chinese-made Sinovac? Even though the Chinese vaccine could reduce severe symptoms, even reduce transmission and it saved many lives. But Thailand is currently dealing with the Delta variant, and a study published by the Lancet. One of the world’s oldest and best-known general medical journals stated that people who […]
Bangkok is facing its worst wave, and more Thai provinces are under lockdown. According to the Thailand Foreign Ministry of Affairs. On Aug 1, about 17,000 expats have registered to get their vaccine in the country, about 14,000 are under 60 yrs old, and only 3,000 are 60 and over. Of those registered, 64 are […]
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Stefanie Korényi came for the Phuket Sandbox the first week it was reopened. But she was forced to move from her booked hotel to an alternative local quarantine because someone on her flight tested positive, even though she tested negative and was fully vaccinated. Stefanie sold nearly everything she had to begin her new adventure […]
