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As Thailand continues to successfully prevent local outbreaks, the government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration is busy planning the next step.Β 

Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesperson for the groupΒ hold aΒ pressΒ conference on Sunday that discussed the Emergency Decree and Phase 6 of lifting COVID-19 restrictions and reopening theΒ nationΒ areΒ expectedΒ within theΒ upcoming weeks.

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A meetingΒ is expectedΒ of the committees,Β together withΒ the CCSA and theΒ NationalΒ SecurityΒ Council,Β responsible forΒ easing restrictions andΒ guidelinesΒ in theΒ coming week.Β A number ofΒ itemsΒ are beingΒ thought-aboutΒ forΒ PhaseΒ 6,Β including:

  • AllowingΒ moreΒ foreignΒ labourΒ into theΒ country,Β particularlyΒ migrantΒ workersΒ withΒ the properΒ documentation and procedures.
  • FoodΒ and beverageΒ industry can showcase its products again.Β It’sΒ unclearΒ whether or notΒ thisΒ includesΒ theΒ previouslyΒ banned β€œbeer cheerΒ girls” for bars and nightlife.
  • RelaxedΒ guidelinesΒ forΒ filmΒ and tvΒ productions.
  • AllowingΒ moreΒ groupsΒ of foreigners to enter theΒ nation, includingΒ Thai Elite Visa members.
  • DetailsΒ onΒ these items,Β which areΒ subjectΒ to change,Β will not beΒ butΒ availableΒ and areΒ expectedΒ laterΒ thisΒ week. NoΒ specificΒ datesΒ were givenΒ on whenΒ PhaseΒ 6Β mayΒ begin.

Dr. Taweesin stressed the importance of foreign workers that are essential for many Thai industries. Reopening the borders for foreign workers will help the economy to recover. Also, the risk of illegal immigration will be on the rise as long as the borders remain closed.

Taweesin mentioned that ending the Emergency Degree mayΒ be addressedΒ this weekΒ atΒ a gatheringΒ of theΒ NationalΒ SecurityΒ Council.

SOURCE: The PattayaΒ News

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