The government is to consider scrapping the Thailand Pass registration requirement for Thais returning from abroad.
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the ministry will ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to consider cancelling the requirement.
It has been kept for foreign arrivals but the CCSA will be asked to scrap it for them in the future, Mr Anutin said.
Asked whether the emergency decree imposed to curb Covid-19 should be extended, Mr Anutin said the decision rests with the prime minister.
However, he personally saw no problem with keeping the decree as it supports measures to contain the virus.
But once the pandemic is downgraded to endemic status, there may be no need for it as the country's public health system can deal with the situation, Mr Anutin said.
The CCSA said 213,958 travellers registered with Thailand Pass between April 29 and May 4.
Of them, 202,878 (94.8%) had their registrations approved.
The Test & Go entry scheme was cancelled from May 1 and fully vaccinated visitors will not be tested for Covid-19 upon arrival. They are urged to self-test with antigen kits during their stay, however.
