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For any of the bros who may not be aware of the latest, see below. This has the potential to be very disruptive for any of you guys with near-term travel plans.
So far no masks at Baron or Cowboy... but that doesn't mean there are no visitors from China.
xxxxx Straights Times - April 3 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you're from Singapore, wear a mask
BANGKOK - Thailand yesterday ordered all foreigners from Sars-hit countries to wear masks at all times or face a fine of 10,000 baht (S$417) or up to six months in jail.
Public Health Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan told a news conference that visitors from Singapore, mainland China, Hongkong, Taiwan and Vietnam would be screened on arrival and anyone with Sars symptoms would be deported immediately.
'Those without symptoms who are allowed to enter must wear masks at all times,' she added.
Thai residents returning from Singapore, Vietnam, Hongkong, mainland China and Taiwan must stay at home for 14 days, cannot go to school or work and must avoid close contact with friends and relatives.
At Changi airport last night, Bangkok-bound travellers approached by The Straits Times did not know about the new rules and had not been told when they checked in.
'I am quite surprised that you have to wear a mask for the whole day, but I am prepared,' said engineer Ang See Lin, 33, pointing to the masks in his bag.
Thailand's new measures came as Sars claimed a second victim, a 78-year-old man from Hongkong who died in Haadyai, near the Malaysian border, on Tuesday night.
He was visiting relatives, and 20 of them are now quarantined.
One quarantine unit has been set up at Bhumibol hospital near Bangkok's international airport. Another hospital has been designated exclusively for Sars patients.
-- Nirmal Ghosh, Thailand Correspondent, with additional reporting by Sherwin Loh in Singapore
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Posted on: 9:32 pm on April 2, 2003
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hentaitic
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If I am with Msian passport but flying out of Spore how huh???
http://asia.news.aaaaa.com/030402/3/v3p5.html
Wednesday April 2, 5:23 PM
Tourists from flu areas must wear masks in Thailand
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BANGKOK, April 2 (Reuters) - Thailand, one of the most popular holiday destinations in Asia, said on Wednesday all tourists from countries hit hard by a deadly flu-like virus must wear masks at all times or face a six-month jail term and fine.
Public Health Minister Sudarat Keyuraphan told a news conference visitors from mainland China and Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam would be screened by doctors on arrival in Thailand.
Tourists entering the country with symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) would be deported immediately.
Health ministry officials said masks would be provided at ports of entry. They did not specify if masks had to be worn in hotel rooms.
"Foreigners from SARS-affected countries must go through a check-up. If they are suspected of having SARS they will be sent home immediately," Sudarat said. "Every one of the visitors who pass the health check must wear a mask all the time."
The move follows the announcement on Wednesday that a second SARS patient had died in Thailand. Worldwide, at least 75 people have been killed and nearly 2,300 infected by the virus.
Thailand received 10.8 million visitors last year, 60 percent from East Asia, but analysts say warnings about SARS and the war in Iraq could reduce arrivals significantly this year.
Thai tour operators say they have already received mass cancellations following health warnings for travellers by many governments.
The health minister said earlier on Wednesday that authorities were looking for places to quarantine large groups of people who couldn't be kept in their homes. One idea being considered was to use several former leper colonies.
Officials said tourists breaking the new rules could face a maximum of six months in jail, and/or a fine of up to 10,000 baht ($233.4).
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Posted on: 10:27 pm on April 2, 2003
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Was at BNH yesterday
EVERYONE was wearing the masks.
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Posted on: 10:39 pm on April 2, 2003
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hentaitic
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More info:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/03Apr2003_news09.html
WHO warns: Don't visit HK, Guangdong
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A fully-protected health worker disinfects a room at the Station hotel, near Hua Lamphong railway station. The entire hotel was sprayed yesterday after a guest who stayed there recently died in Songkhla from Sars. _ SOMCHAI POOMLARD
The Public Health Ministry has asked police to take action against people breaching conditions imposed on travellers from five countries with a high incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars).
Sudarat Keyuraphan, the public health minister, threatened to detain suspected carriers in ``leper colonies'' if they refused to cooperate.
The move followed the first known death from the disease of a person born in Thailand. Hiang Siang sae Lim, 78, who has Hong Kong citizenship, died at the Prince of Songkhla hospital on Tuesday night after returning from a visit to Hong Kong last week.
The World Health Organisation yesterday issued an unprecedented warning against travel to Hong Kong and neighbouring Guangdong province in southern China because of the Sars outbreak.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, said the impact of the disease on the Thai economy was more severe than that of the US-led war on Iraq.
The Public Health Ministry has added clauses to an announcement taking effect on Tuesday which imposes restrictions on travellers from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.
The clauses say all Thai citizens and foreign expatriates returning from the five countries should stay at home for 14 days. Foreign visitors from these areas, including businessmen and tourists, should wear masks during their first two weeks in Thailand.
``All people travelling from the five countries have the responsibility to obey the law,'' Mrs Sudarat said.
Violators are liable to a fine of up to 10,000 baht and a prison term of up to six months.
Inbound tourist agencies must provide masks for their clients. Visitors who ignore the rules would be placed under quarantine at one of the six former leprosy hospice centres, or would be sent back to their home countries.
Public and private organisations, including schools and hotels, were responsible for making sure travellers having recently visited Sars-affected countries respect the law, the minister said.
People with queries can contact the ministry at 0-2590-3194, 0-2590-3192 and 0-2590-3167 or read its website at http://www.moph.go.th.
The announcement, issued under the Dangerous Diseases Control Act, will be revoked only after proof that the situation in the five countries is under control.
Deputy Transport Minister Pichet Sathirachawal said Thai Airways International aircraft which travelled on the Bangkok-Hong Kong route from yesterday would not be allowed to stay overnight in Hong Kong.
Screening measures at Don Muang airport were being tightened, with a team of 40 doctors and nurses carrying out health checks of all foreigners suspected of carrying the infection.
Thai people suspected of being infected would be quarantined, while those with symptoms of the illness would be placed under medical supervision, said deputy public health permanent secretary Thawat Suntharachan.
All suspected cases would be sent to hospital for a screening test, while cases of probable infection would have to undergo confirmation tests, for which the serum would be sent to the US Communicable Diseases Control Centre in Atlanta.
Mrs Sudarat also urged shops and restaurants popular with tourists from the Sars-affected countries to supply staff with masks and gloves.
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Posted on: 10:43 pm on April 2, 2003
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Wow!
Fun stuff. Glad I'm not from an "affected country" but who knows how long that will last!
How do they control "mask wearing," I wonder?
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Posted on: 10:43 pm on April 2, 2003
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Quote: from James on 11:43 pm on April 3, 2003
How do they control "mask wearing," I wonder?
Maybe the same way the police control suspected drug dealers!!
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Posted on: 10:49 pm on April 2, 2003
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Kryptonite
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Shoot & ask questions later.
James don't be stupid!
Some of your posts are just plain ignorant.
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Posted on: 12:10 am on April 3, 2003
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Usually I don't respond to name calling, however, I'll make an exception just for you.
IGNORANT does not BEGIN to describe some of what you have "written."
Sorry not to be able share your "high niveau" sarcasm on "shooting frist and asking questions later."
I'll keep asking questions, thanks.
In the meantime, get a life.
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Posted on: 12:48 am on April 3, 2003
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