Thailand reports first local Omicron case, eyes reinstating quarantine

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Reverting to hotel quarantine is being considered for vaccinated visitors.

Thailand is considering reinstating mandatory quarantine for foreign visitors due to concerns over the spread of Omicron, as the Health Ministry reported on Monday the country's first case of local transmission of the coronavirus variant.

The Health Ministry will propose scrapping a quarantine waiver for vaccinated visitors and revert to hotel quarantine and a"sandbox" programme, which allows free movement in specific locations, minister Anutin Charnvirakul said...

 

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