With ผลไม้ issuing a travel ban on these from 8 African international locations reporting the brand new Omicron variant, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is getting ready to deliver Thai residents in the high risk countries back to Thailand. Citizens living in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe can apply for a COE (certificate of entry) to return to Thailand from tomorrow, in accordance with a post the Ministry made on Twitter. Returnees should register on-line and should be quarantined for 14 days upon the arrival.
Following the brand new travel restrictions issued by the Public Health Ministry on Saturday, visitors from eight African nations might be prohibited from entering the country so as to stop the unfold of a model new Omicron which has since been found in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong, and Israel, amongst other places.
The Ministry also stated that it’s going to send a chartered Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET608 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, departing at 12:10am and arriving in Bangkok at 1.10pm on the identical day. Throughout December, the flight shall be operated each Wednesday (December 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29).
Contact the Royal Thai Embassy in Pretoria at +27 (0) 829236179 or the Royal Thai Embassy in Maputo at +258 87 788 9902 for further info..