These ‘vaccine passports’ are why we can have nice things
Live in Thailand or return to the UK? Written by an Expat who returned to the UK
Demographic decline. In five years (2016-2021) over 50 thousand residents have been lost, calculates a study of the Acli: “The territories are emptying, with entire countries at risk of extinction within a few decades”
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PHUKET: About 30% of people arriving to enter Phuket by road yesterday (July 15) were refused entry for failing to satisfy the new entry requirements for those coming from the 34 ‘red’ and ‘dark-red’ COVID high-risk provinces, according to local officials.