FILE PHOTO: Thai health minister Anutin Charnvirakul attends a meeting to address the measures against coronavirus in Bangkok, Thailand February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Thailand could be about to cancel its Test & Go scheme due to concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Thailand's Minister of Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday morning.
Speaking to The Nation TV, Anutin said that due a spike in Omicron cases among arrivals, alternative state quarantine measures may be reintroduced at the expense of Test & Go.
Anutin said that there had been 63 confirmed cases of Omicron among arrivals to Thailand with another 20 cases awaiting confirmation.
Because of this, a proposal will be put before Thailand's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) later this week that would see the Test & Go scheme scrapped, at least for the immediate future.
Test & Go, which was officially launched on Nov 1, allows people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Thailand without mandatory quarantine.