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Coronavirus: Thailand asks visitors from outbreak ‘danger zones’ to prove they’re not infected
- The new rule includes a 14-day quarantine period and applies to travellers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Iran and Italy
- It comes as officials announced a 44 per cent drop in tourist numbers and a government minister denied hoarding face masks
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Thailand’s aviation regulator has instructed airlines to ask passengers coming from high-risk areas for health certificates to establish that they are free of the new coronavirus.
Travellers who cannot provide such documentation should be prevented from boarding flights to the Southeast Asian nation, according to a Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand notice posted Monday. Carriers are liable for treatment costs if they fly in people who become sick with the Covid-19 disease caused by the virus, the notice said.
The new framework applies to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Iran and Italy, all of which Thailand has designated danger zones for infection, as it steps up efforts against the outbreak that has infected 50 people in the country so far.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand, a government agency, wrote on Facebook on Monday that travellers coming from the six danger zones will be quarantined for 14 days, adding that more details will be announced soon.
“We advise all travellers to consider carefully whether they still want to pursue their journey,” the authority said.
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