Thailand lowers Covid threat, lifts emergency decree
TIME TO TAKE OFF Commuters wear face masks at a skytrain station in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. AP PHOTO
BANGKOK: Thailand’s government will lift an emergency decree it imposed in March 2020 to battle the coronavirus, officials said on Friday, as it relaxes most pandemic restrictions.
From October 1, foreign visitors will no longer be required to show proof of being vaccinated, and people found to be infected will no longer need to quarantine.
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