Thread: British health secretary tells Brits to bypass Thailand for summer holidays

The British health secretary is telling Brits to bypass countries that are labelled amber, like Thailand, for their summer holidays. Matt Hancock, says those countries labelled by the government’s traffic lights travel guide include Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The colours denote the Covid situation in each country.


He says, instead, for Brits to vacation at home or to choose one of the 12 green-labelled countries such as Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, or Singapore. But many of those “green” countries are not accepting tourists. Those Brits who insist on visiting Thailand face many obstacles including a certificate of entry from the London-based Thai embassy, health clearance, and Covid insurance worth at least 3 million baht. A 14 day, self-paid quarantine on arrival, along with restrictions for relaxing at beaches in the Kingdom, make it almost a no-brainer for Brits to book elsewhere. Other Southeast Asian countries are also being ruled out due to the expense of travelling to and from.


Thailand’s largest hopes for any sort of tourism to return this year lie in the Sandbox scheme, which was first announced by the tourist-laden province of Phuket. The next source of tourism for the Kingdom would be comprised of those taking part in travel bubbles with other Asian countries such as Japan and China. But, as Thailand’s vaccine rollout plan has only seen less than 2% of the population inoculated, the ideas to bring in more tourists seem far from materialising.


National and provincial safety measures also have deemed most bars, clubs, and entertainment venues to be closed until further notice. Dining-in is still allowed but alcohol is not, meaning a long trip to Thailand, paying for quarantine, and sitting in your hotel may not be the summer holiday Brits may be expecting.


Meanwhile, Bangkok and Thailand’s provinces have accumulated another 9,635 infections and 25 Covid-related deaths over the past 24 hours. 6,853 of today’s total is from Bangkok prisons. If you take the new prison cases out of the equation, there has been an additional 2,782 cases for the Monday report.

British health secretary tells Brits to bypass Thailand for summer holidays | Thaiger

Originally Posted by russellsimpson

The other thing that has been pointed out by our Thailand residents is that when people die the are frequently delivered straight to the temple for dispensation.

Who, where and post it up. Thai's are ultra fearful of Covid. Please post up some comment you found about this. I for one have never seen that BS posted on here.

There was a recent discussion on another thread in which one incident was mentioned of an woman living in a small village who had died, there was no doctor involved apparently, some close friends and family had just said, when asked (by a TD member) about this said "we know she is dead".

I have no reason to lie, never been my MO.

Are you saying this is bullshit AO?

Originally Posted by aging one

when people die the are frequently delivered straight to the temple for dispensation.

Originally Posted by russellsimpson

one incident

and that's all you have, one incident..

Originally Posted by russellsimpson

I you saying this is bullshit AO?

I say you are talking bollox

My mother-in-law passed away in her home about a year ago, after being bed-bound for at least two years.

She was surrounded by family when she went, and for sure her body went direct to the temple from her house. Whether a doctor came to the house to confirm death I don't know, but I'd be surprised. For sure there was no Covid test.

Originally Posted by russellsimpson

There was a recent discussion on another thread in which one incident was mentioned of an woman living in a small village who had died, there was no doctor involved apparently, some close friends and family had just said, when asked (by a TD member) about this said "we know she is dead".

I recall that discussion. It was Shutree's comment.

British expat found dead in Pattaya house with pet dogs protecting his body

^Thank you.