China arrivals to skip virus testing
published : 3 Jan 2023 at 08:53
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Covid-19 screening test for arrivals from China at their points of entry might not be necessary, say communicable disease experts.
The suggestion came at a meeting organised by the Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Saturday where they also assessed the Covid-19 outbreak in China and the expected increase in arrivals after its border reopening on Jan 8.
The DDC said nearly five million visitors from China are expected this year while travel to China from Thailand will also increase.
Meeting participants agreed that screening at airports for arrivals from China might not be necessary just yet, as the risk is still manageable.
However, those arriving from China will need to produce a Covid-19 vaccine certificate and must have health insurance.
Random tests will also be performed on travellers entering or leaving the kingdom.
Also, tourism operators and workers who come into close contact with the visitors should be fully vaccinated with at least two booster jabs.
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- assess (verb): to carefully consider a situation, person, or problem in order to make a judgment - ประเมิณ, ประเมิณสถานการณ์
- booster (noun): something that gives extra strength - สิ่งที่เพิ่มกำลังหรือความแข็งแรง
- border: the official line separating two areas, regions or countries - เขตแดน อาณาเขต
- certificate: an official document or record stating that particular facts are true - หนังสือรับรอง
- insurance: an arrangement in which you regularly pay an insurance company an amount of money so that they will give you money if something you own is damaged, lost, or stolen, or if you die or are ill or injured - การประกัน
- manageable: possible to deal with or control - จัดการได้,ควบคุมได้
- necessary (adj.): essential, needful, something that you must do or have - จำเป็น, ซึ่งเลี่ยงไม่ได้, ซึ่งเป็นที่ต้องการ, สำคัญ
- operator (noun): a person or company that runs a business - ผู้ดำเนินกิจการทางธุรกิจ, ผู้ประกอบธุรกิจ
- participants (noun): people who take part in something - ผู้เข้าร่วม
- random: happening, done or chosen by chance rather than according to a plan - ซึ่งไม่มีแบบแผน
- screening: the testing or examining of a large number of people or things for disease, faults, illegal objects, etc - การตรวจ
- skip: to not do something that you usually do or that you should do; to avoid - ไม่เข้าร่วม, ขาด
- suggestion: an idea or a plan that you mention for somebody else to think about - ข้อเสนอ, ข้อเสนอแนะ
