Bangkok (NNT/VNA) – Thailand’s National Broadcastingand Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will be providing SIM Cards to travellers from risk countries,allowing them to download the AOT Airports application into their mobilephones, in order to submit compulsory health declarations and enable tracking.
The NBTC Secretary GeneralTakorn Tantasith said on March 18 thecommission had reached an agreement with the Department of Disease Control, andfive mobile network operators to offer free SIM cards to travellers from the Republic of Korea, China, Italy, Iran, Macau, and Hong Kong, in order to enable anelectronic health declaration and location tracking as part of the effort tominimize COVID-19 transmission.
Travellers from these locations arerequired to submit their health declaration form on the AOT Airports app uponarrival. They can use the free SIM card, each of which contains 49 baht valuepreloaded, to install and use the app. Arriving passengers in this group whoalready have a SIM card from Thai operators can receive a 49 baht top-up free,or take a new SIM card.
The AOT Airports app wasdownloaded some 7,000 times, from March 12 to 16.
The Department of DiseaseControl’s Deputy Director General Kajohnsak Kaewjarus, said the list of personsin quarantine prior to the introduction of this application will be integratedinto the system to allow real-time tracking, a process previously done by localauthorities and volunteers.
He also confirmed that noneof the 1,300 returnees from theRepublic of Korea has been diagnosed with COVID-19./.
The NBTC Secretary GeneralTakorn Tantasith said on March 18 thecommission had reached an agreement with the Department of Disease Control, andfive mobile network operators to offer free SIM cards to travellers from the Republic of Korea, China, Italy, Iran, Macau, and Hong Kong, in order to enable anelectronic health declaration and location tracking as part of the effort tominimize COVID-19 transmission.
Travellers from these locations arerequired to submit their health declaration form on the AOT Airports app uponarrival. They can use the free SIM card, each of which contains 49 baht valuepreloaded, to install and use the app. Arriving passengers in this group whoalready have a SIM card from Thai operators can receive a 49 baht top-up free,or take a new SIM card.
The AOT Airports app wasdownloaded some 7,000 times, from March 12 to 16.
The Department of DiseaseControl’s Deputy Director General Kajohnsak Kaewjarus, said the list of personsin quarantine prior to the introduction of this application will be integratedinto the system to allow real-time tracking, a process previously done by localauthorities and volunteers.
He also confirmed that noneof the 1,300 returnees from theRepublic of Korea has been diagnosed with COVID-19./.
VNA
