BANGKOK – The Thai National Communicable Disease Committee approved a bill for digital Covid-19 vaccination certificates that are expected to be launched in November, reported Thai News Agency.
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, as chairman of the committee, said applicants for the e-certificates would have to pay 50 baht (RM6.22) per issue.
According to him, 102 organisations are authorised to issue Covid-19 vaccination certificates.
They include the Disease Control Department, provincial public health offices, and hospitals. Over 40,000 people have applied for the certificates. Some of the facilities will start to issue the digital certificates next month, and the rest will follow suit later.
The committee also redefined persons of high-risk contact with Covid-19 cases aboard flights.
Such individuals are those sitting next to the left and right of a Covid-19 case without wearing a face mask for over five minutes. Earlier, they were defined as people sitting in the same row, and two rows in front of and behind a Covid-19 case without wearing a face mask for more than five minutes.
In addition, the committee shortened quarantine for fully vaccinated high-risk contact persons from 14 days to 10 days. – Bernama, October 29, 2021
