Thailand – Removal of COVID-19 from Being Prohibited Diseases
On 20 September 2022, the Cabinet has approved a draft Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Prohibited Diseases for Aliens Entering into or Having Residency in the Kingdom (No ..) B.E. …. (“Ministerial Regulation”) as proposed by the Ministry of Interior and considered by the Office of Council of State.
The purpose of this draft Ministerial Regulation is to amend the previous Ministerial Regulation enacted in 2020 by removing coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19 from being prohibited diseases for aliens entering into the Kingdom or having residency in the Kingdom as the current situation of COVID-19 tends to be better.
Therefore, the remaining prohibited diseases applied for aliens entering into the Kingdom are as follows:
(1) Leprosy
(2) Tuberculosis
(3) Elephantiasis at the stage that its appearance is disgusting to society
(4) Drug addiction
(5) Third phase of syphilis
The remaining prohibited diseases applied for aliens having residency in the Kingdom are as follows:
(1) Leprosy
(2) Tuberculosis
(3) Elephantiasis at the stage that its appearance is disgusting to society
(4) Drug addiction
(5) Alcoholism
(6) Third phase of syphilis
The draft Ministerial Regulation will be enforced on the date following its publication in the Government Gazette.