Switzerland Listed by Thailand as Country with Ongoing Local Transmission
On 13 March 2020, the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand (MOPH) updated the list of "Countries with Ongoing Local Transmission" as follows:
1) France
2) Spain
3) USA
4) Switzerland
5) Norway
6) Japan (Specific areas: Hokkaido, Tokyo, Aichi, Wakayama, Kanagawa, Chiba, Okinawa, Kyoto, and Osaka)
7) Denmark
8) Netherlands
9) Sweden
10) UK
11) Germany
Traveler arriving from above countries have to be under observation (meaning supervision without quarantine) in order to ensure self-monitoring for no less than 14 days until the end of the infectious period or the reason for suspicion.
The aforementioned traveler must record his/her own symptoms in the reporting system and monitor his/her symptoms strictly required by the MOPH. The travelers from areas with ongoing local transmission must notify the disease control officer about the places they visit so that a surveillance officer can closely monitor their movement and contacts.
If they feel sick or suspect they have fever accompanied by at least one of the symptoms such as cough, runny nose, sore throat, and shortness of breath within 14 days of arrival into Thailand, inform a disease control officer immediately upon symptom onset or upon suspecting illness to be tested, treated, clinically diagnosed, isolated or quarantined.
For more information, please visit https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/
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Royal Thai Embassy, Bern
13 March 2020
