Phuket, the largest island in southern Thailand, is known as the "Pearl of the Andaman Sea" for its charming natural scenery, wide white sand beaches and green sea water. There are also white and soft beaches, warm and clear sea water, palm trees swaying in the wind, fresh tropical fruits and delicious seafood, and it has always been an internationally famous tourist attraction.
At the beginning of April this year, Thailand announced that Phuket will be opened to foreign tourists who do not need to be isolated in July this year. Recently, confirmed by the National Tourism Administration of Thailand, Phuket will be reopened from July 1 day as the local epidemic situation tends to be stable, becoming the first tourist attraction in Thailand to officially resume receiving international tourists.
According to the plan, visitors entering Phuket need to have the certificate of completing two doses of COVID-19 vaccination and the negative test certificate of COVID-19, and there is no need to be isolated after entering the country. After staying in Phuket for seven days, visitors who are negative for nucleic acid tests can continue to travel to other parts of Thailand.
The reporter inquired that the airlines planning to start flying to Phuket are: Thai Airways, Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Air France, Qatar Airways and British Airways. At present, from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Phuket, the transfer plan and the previous charter flight route of travel agencies have not yet been opened, and travel is still a bit tossing; We need to fly from Shanghai to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, and then go to Phuket.
Phuket, are you really ready?
Yutasa, director of Tourism Thailand, said that the one-month countdown to the reopening of Phuket began on June 1. Thailand's tourism agencies and employees are looking forward to the early resumption of receiving international tourists.
Previously, Phuket has issued an announcement to relax some epidemic prevention restrictions from June 1 day, allowing many business premises to resume business, including schools, various educational institutions, massage shops and other health care institutions, religious sites, tourism service institutions, retail stores and various markets, restaurants, various fitness venues, beauty salons, barbershops, pet hospitals and so on.
In recent days, Phuket has been stepping up vaccination with COVID-19 vaccine to prepare for the arrival of a large number of tourists. The local plan is to reach more than 70% vaccination rate before the opening of the park in July 1 Phuket.
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It is reported that visitors to Phuket need to complete two doses of COVID-19 vaccine certified and registered by the authorities, and hold a valid negative test report of COVID-19 nucleic acid test before entering the country, and there is no need for isolation.
People and conditions for this job opening:
1, low-risk population according to the policy requirements of the Ministry of Health of Thailand.
2. Tourists who have been vaccinated for more than 14 days but not more than one year in COVID-19.
3. The vaccine injected is the vaccine approved by the local government at the place of origin.
4./kloc-children under 0/2 years old and peers need to complete vaccination.
5. 12- 18-year-old teenagers must receive the RapidAntigenTest at their own expense at Phuket Airport.
6. Certificates issued by relevant institutions that allow air or sea travel;
7. Visitors can stay in Phuket for no more than 7 days, but those who leave before 7 days must leave Phuket directly and fly to other countries.
Passengers entering the country during this period will be required to:
1. You need to do nucleic acid testing on the 4th to 5th day of your stay in Phuket.
2. As long as they meet the requirements of the relevant safety and quarantine regulations of the Ministry of Health of Thailand, tourists can play freely in Phuket.
3. During the seven days in Phuket, you must check in at the designated mobile phone positioning system every day.
4. If you feel unwell within seven days in Phuket, you need to be treated nearby.
5. The local reception hotel has the responsibility to truthfully report all the information of the guests.
Attention should be paid to during your stay:
1. You need to do nucleic acid testing on the 4th to 5th day of your stay in Phuket, Thailand.
2. As long as they meet the requirements of the relevant safety and quarantine regulations of the Ministry of Health of Thailand, tourists can play freely in Phuket, Thailand.
3. Within seven days in Phuket, Thailand, you must check in at the designated mobile phone positioning system every day.
4. If you feel unwell within seven days in Phuket, Thailand, you need to be treated nearby.
5. The local reception hotel has the responsibility to truthfully report all the information of the guests.
How to leave?
1, and accept local entry-exit and customs inspection procedures at the designated place.
2. Agree to use ThailandPlus, a positioning system software designated by an authoritative organization, to allow travel positioning and complete relevant documents.
3. The accommodation place must be a safe hotel recognized by SHA+ (Magic Thailand Safety and Health Appraisal Certification).
Visa policy
Apart from the need to enter the country in isolation, I think what everyone is most concerned about is the visa policy. However, the plan has not yet written the corresponding visa policy for Phuket. Looking at it now, Thailand implements a "special tourist visa" for ordinary tourists.
The Tourist Visa (STV) program enables qualified people to enter Thailand.
STV visa is a visa category for foreign tourists except Thai nationals. Foreign tourists can stay in Thailand for 90 days, and after the visa expires, they can apply for renewal twice for 90 days each time.
On July 1 day, Phuket resumed its opening to the outside world. After completing two doses of COVID-19 vaccination and entering the country with a negative test certificate, there is no need for isolation. Will you go?
Zhang Wenhong talks about when China can open the door.
When will the world resume normal personnel exchanges? When will China open its doors? Zhang Wenhong, Director of Infectious Diseases Department of Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, made the latest judgment at the sub-forum on "Realizing the Health of the Whole People-Research and Development, Accessibility and Affordability of COVID-19 Vaccine" held in Qingdao on the evening of June 2.
"All countries in the world have the conditions to resume personnel exchanges, which will begin in the second half of this year. We hope that China can conditionally resume contact with some countries in the first half of 2022, depending on the speed of vaccination. " Zhang Wenhong said in response to a reporter's question.
Zhang Wenhong said that some countries with relatively high vaccination rates, such as Israel, the United States and Britain, will "secretly" resume personnel exchanges in the second half of this year. It's not that other countries don't accept it, but that vaccination in other countries is not completely over. "Therefore, China should finish this work before the end of this year."
At the same forum, Zheng Zhongwei, head of the vaccine research and development working group of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, introduced that China has provided more than 350 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the world. In the remaining seven months of 20021,whether through bilateral means or through the COVID-19 Vaccine Implementation Plan (COVAX), the number of vaccines supplied by China to the world will definitely far exceed the previous five months.
Zhang Wenhong believes that even if China supplies a large number of vaccines to the world, it will take several years for more than 7 billion people around the world to complete vaccination, because vaccines in other countries are in short supply and can only be given priority for domestic use. "So when the world will resume communication, I don't know. However, some countries have the conditions to resume exchanges, which will begin in the second half of this year. We hope that China can conditionally resume contact with some countries in the first half of 2022, depending on the speed of vaccination. Vaccinate as soon as possible to meet the needs of conditional opening, and China can conditionally resume personnel exchanges with countries with good vaccines and low incidence in the world. "
Whether COVID-19 vaccine will be given every year like influenza vaccine in the future is also a matter of great concern to the public. When answering this question, Zhang Wenhong said frankly that although most inferences have given a positive answer to this question, it is still uncertain.
For example, he said, COVID-19 infected people produce antibodies after recovery, but there is still a 20% chance of reinfection. Similarly, the protection rate after vaccination will continue to decline over time. "So, whether people need to be vaccinated again in the future depends on how many people are still infected after vaccination this year, and then they will be evaluated at the end of the second year. If there is no infection in the second year, wait until the third year to see how many people are infected. Until people who have been vaccinated are generally reinfected, this time is a node and the best time for the vaccine to be' rearranged'. "
The epidemic situation in China is quite different from that in most countries. Zhang Wenhong bluntly said that the data on whether COVID-19 vaccine needs repeated vaccination must come from other countries. At that time, China can refer to the scientific data obtained by other countries and make a "second arrangement" for vaccination in COVID-19 very calmly.