Thailand OFF the UK red list

[Old git]

Official from .gov.uk

Thailand will exit the red list at 4 a.m. UK time on the 11th October

[Patanawet]

And will the U.K. accept Thai or Indian made Astrazeneca?

[Old git]

And will the U.K. accept Thai or Indian made Astrazeneca?

My UK administered AZ jabs were made in India, so I would hope so!

[Old git]

Goji wrote (in the related thread with erroneous subject heading)

" They need zero quarantine and I see no reason why they could not do that later this year, as the vaccine programme progresses. Or even right now, if they do the maths and realize that TESTED TOURISTS ARE LOWER RISK THAN UNTESTED LOCAL RESIDENTS. "

Tested or untested, just one variant of Covid (Delta) now dominates the globe, and every other variant is subordinate to it. There is no longer any cause to restrict travel or fear people from other nations.

[christianpfc]

Exactly! You could draw arbitrary lines on the map that people are not allowed to cross, or full curfew people with odd or even birthdays, switching every week between odd and even, it would have the same effect as the current limitations (international borders).

Covid has reached everywhere and everyone, and all limitations to curb it do nothing to curb the spread, just make life for everyone difficult.

[Brad the Impala]

In Thailand you don't need gay bars to find willing and handsome young men. As long as there are a few places to eat and that can serve alcohol, and apps and eye contact, that'll do me.

TBH I think I am bored now with a parade of of guys in underwear every night on holiday. Or even a big cock parade! I must be getting old.

[goji]

Exactly! You could draw arbitrary lines on the map that people are not allowed to cross, or full curfew people with odd or even birthdays, switching every week between odd and even, it would have the same effect as the current limitations (international borders).

The arbitrary lines thing has been tried.
(i) In Wales, the devolved regime at one point had a limit on how far people were allowed to drive to visit others. As if the distance traveled makes a difference to who you infect after getting out of the car. Also, it's discriminatory as people in some areas could visit tens of thousands of people within the limit, whilst those in rural areas could visit hardly anyone (if following the stupid rules).
(ii) Even at the start of the UK lockdown, people were always allowed to exercise outside locally. So the plods in Derbyshire were stopping people driving 5 miles from their town to exercise out in the Derbyshire countryside. Any fool can see the latter is lower risk than exercising in town.

The time to have international travel restrictions was January 2020, with a ban on travel out of China. The WHO screwed that one up & argued for the exact opposite.
Don't ever forget that.
Yet Tedros is still in his Job. When he ought to be at least fired, jailed or something even worse.
Defunding the WHO was just about the only thing that Trump got right (that I know of).