Thailand test and Go

Thailand on Friday announced the end of compulsory Covid-19 tests for vaccinated travellers, as the country steps up efforts to revive its pandemic-thumped ...

Unvaccinated travellers will either need to show a negative test result taken within 72 hours of departure for Thailand or undergo five days of hotel quarantine and a test. Thailand's Covid-19 taskforce said that from May 1, fully vaccinated visitors would no longer have to take a test on arrival and wait in a hotel room for the result. Tight border restrictions helped the kingdom limit infections and deaths in 2020 but brought the tourism sector -- which had accounted for about a fifth of the country's economy -- to its knees.

Self-administered rapid antigen (ATK) COVID-19 tests are recommended during their stay. The “Thailand Pass” system, however, remains in place, in which ...

The CCSA adjusted the COVID-19 zoning of the country, also effective from May 1st. If their test is negative, they can leave and travel around the country, but are required to self-administer a rapid antigen test on the fifth day. Arrivals who are not fully vaccinated (min 2 doses) must still enter quarantine for five days.

Thailand's CCSA has just announced major changes to the county's Thailand Pass program. International travellers don't have to take PCR test.

All the changes will need to be signed off and published in the Royal Gazette, expected to happen early next week. Click for more information and the Thaiger Talk Guidelines. In other good news it was confirmed that restaurants, even the ones operating as ‘pseudo bars’, and are SHA+ registered, will be able to remain open until midnight. But both Test & Go and Sandbox are now history, under the changes. BUT if they submit a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours before arrival the quarantine period will be waived, according to announcements made at the meeting. Thailand’s CCSA has just announced major changes to the county’s Test & Go program, part of the broader Thailand Pass. International travellers will no longer need to take a PCR test on arrival.

The Test & Go process for foreign arrivals will be terminated at the end of the month and vaccinated travellers will require only self-antigen tests for ...

It would be recommended they self-test using antigen kits during their stay. Vaccinated visitors would not be tested for Covid-19 upon arrival anymore. For visitors who intend to stay longer, vaccinated travellers would not be quarantined if they pass antigen tests, while unvaccinated travellers would be quarantined for five days.