Picture: Thai Rath
Thailand's health minister and DPM Anutin Charnvirakul said yesterday that he was ready to reopen Thailand to foreign tourists again on November 1st.
But he told Thai Rath that the public would have to wait for details from the CCSA and that the reopening of pubs and bars needed to be done with great care to avoid spikes in more Covid-19.
The embattled minister was speaking at Government House yesterday morning after PM Prayuth Chan-ocha's announcements on Monday and a scheduled cabinet meeting.
He admitted he was yet to be apprised of the details of the plan to open up the country to ten nations of low risk saying that more details would be available on Thursday at the CCSA big committee meeting.
Pressed on whether the health ministry was ready and comments by the PM about the threat of new strains and spikes in infections he said it was time to reopen and then deal with the consequences.
Reversing or turning left and right from the reopening decision was not an option. They needed to deal with it and were ready to do so.
Pressed on whether patrons of bars and pubs would be allowed to congregate and consume alcohol he said that the infectious disease department would have to have Covid free setting protocols in place but this was still to be decided.
But he didn't rule out closing the country again when pressed on the matter saying that it "depended on the situation whether the country was opened up or not".
He defended his and the government's actions in the past saying that everything was done according to the situation at the time.
Everyone needed to work together but he conceded that the opening of Thailand's nightlife was a question that needed the utmost care as people congregated close together presenting a high risk of infection.
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