Thailand kupita ku UK: O momwe COVID-19 yasinthira mawonekedwe

Titakambirana kwa mphindi zingapo chifukwa chomwe ndidavala chigoba, a bank manager(ess) adatsitsa maso ake ndikuyamba kulira kuti ali ndi nkhawa. Monga mayi wa ana awiri ndi agogo aakazi ankafuna kugwira ntchito kunyumba koma banki, panthawiyo, inali kukakamiza antchito kuti azigwira ntchito tsiku lonse kuyambira 8am mpaka 5pm. Adawulula nkhawa zake zokumana ndi makasitomala komanso chiwopsezo chomwe adakumana nacho. Ndidamulimbikitsa kuti agule masks, omwe panthawiyo sanali kupezeka ku UK komanso osavala, popeza amawonedwa ngati wodwala ngati muwona mutavala chigoba.

Ndinapita ku Starbucks ndikupereka ndalama ndipo ndinadabwa kuti anakana kutenga kapena kukhudza malipiro ndi ndalama ndipo amafuna kuti alipire ndi khadi. Chondichitikira chatsopano kwa ine.

Kenako ndidatenga taxi ndipo driver wanga adandifunsa chifukwa chomwe ndavala chigoba. Amaganiza kuti zinali zomveka kuvala zida zodzitchinjiriza koma adati samadziwa komwe angagule masks omwe ali otetezeka popeza masks ndi mapepala akuchimbudzi "zinachokera ku China ndipo mwina ali ndi kachilomboka."

Maola 48 odabwitsa ku UK. Nditachoka ku Bangkok, yomwe nthawi zambiri idabisala, ndikufika ku UK komwe anthu ovala maski amaso adanyozedwa kapena kuwapewa, zidawoneka. Thailand anali patsogolo pamapindikira owongolera okhala ndi COVID. Ndili ndi jetlag ndinali ndidakali pa nthawi ya Thai, ndipo pa Tsiku la 3 ku UK, ndinadzuka 2 koloko ndikuyang'ana maimelo anga ndi njira zamagulu.

Ndidawona kuti Thailand ikutseka mkati mwa maola 48. Satifiketi yoyenera kuwuluka. Inshuwaransi ya COVID. Ndipo ma hoops ena odumphira adzafunika kuti alowenso ku Thailand. Ndinali pa intaneti ndikusungitsa Gulf Air kuti ndiwuluke kubwerera ku Thailand, ndikunyamuka pakadutsa maola 8. Ulendo wa Cornwall unaimitsidwa, ndipo ndinathamanga kwambiri kupita ku bwalo la ndege la Heathrow. Zinali chipwirikiti pabwalo la ndege ndi ine ndipo Thais anayi anakana pokwerera kuti akwere ndegeyo monga Flight Manager anaumiriza, "Thailand tsopano yatsekedwa kwa obwera padziko lonse lapansi opanda satifiketi yaulere ya COVID ndi chikalata cha Fit To Fly kuchokera ku Kazembe wa Royal Thai. "

Mwamwayi, mafoni angapo ndipo tinaloledwa kukwera popeza Thailand sinatseke malire ake m'maola a 22 ndipo zolemba sizinafunikire mpaka nthawiyo. Anakwera ndege ndikufika ku Bangkok maola asanu ndi limodzi asanatsekedwe komanso kuwongolera kwatsopano kwa omwe akufika padziko lonse lapansi. Ndidamva pamzere ku Royal Thai Embassy tsiku lotsatira litatambasuka mumsewu ndi omwe adalembetsa satifiketi ya Fit To Fly. Ndidapeŵa kutsekeredwa ku Thailand ndipo ndidamva kuti ndili pamalo otetezeka pomwe Krungthep ataphimbidwa kuti atetezedwe.

Bangkok anali pamalo abwino atabisala chifukwa anthu ambiri okhala mumzindawu, kuphatikiza inenso, ndinali nditavala zophimba kumaso chaka chimodzi aliyense asanamvepo za coronavirus. Kukhala mumzinda womwe uli ndi vuto loipitsidwa ndi mpweya komanso masiku ena AQI ikufika pamtunda wa 150, akuluakulu amzindawu akhala akuchenjeza anthu kuti azivala chophimba panja chifukwa cha kuipitsidwa kwa mpweya. Chifukwa chake kuvala masks sikunali kwachilendo kwa anthu aku Bangkok.

Nditabwerera ku Thailand, ndinagula nyumbayo ku Cornwall kutali, m’tauni yomwe ndinali ndisanakafikeko. Ndinachita kafukufuku wambiri ndipo ndinamva kuti ndikusangalala kwambiri ndi kugula. Ambiri amaganiza kuti ndi misala, koma ndimamva kutchuka kwa Cornwall kukwera ndi Brits pa WFH. Kugwira ntchito kunyumba kunalola antchito kuti azipezeka kulikonse komwe angafune komanso osakhazikika muofesi yamzindawu. Ufulu womwe wangopezedwa kumenewu kapena osamukasamukawa wachititsa kuti Cornwall afunefune m'miyezi itatu yapitayi.

Pokhala mwini nyumba yomangidwa mu 1779 yomwe ikufunika ntchito yokwanira, ndinali wofunitsitsa kukaona nyumba yanga yatsopano, koma ndinaganiza zochedwetsa kubwerera ku UK popeza Thailand akuti ndi amodzi mwa mayiko asanu otetezeka kwambiri padziko lapansi. ndi chitetezo cha COVID-19. Miyezi itadutsa, ndinali wokondwa kukhala ku Thailand ndikukhudzidwa ndikuwona UK ikupita kutali, ikulimbana ndi wave one, funde lachiwiri, kutseka kwachiwiri, komanso kuchuluka kwa omwe ali ndi kachilombo komanso kufa kukukwera, poyerekeza ndi Thailand yomwe inali malo otetezeka. .

Tsopano patapita chaka chimodzi, ndinaluma chipolopolo ndikubwerera ku UK. Mayeso a COVID asanachitike ndege, zolemba zosonyeza kuti ndinali woyenera kuwuluka ndipo ndinali nditasungitsa mayeso a COVID ku UK pa Tsiku Lachiwiri ndi Tsiku Lachisanu ndi chitatu kutanthauza kuti nditha kuwuluka kubwerera ku UK. Ulendo wachilendo waulendo wokhala ndi ma protocol a biosecurity omwe ali m'malo. Ndinadutsa Border Control pa Heathrow Airport kuti ndipeze UK yomwe inali yosiyana kwambiri ndi ufumu umene ndinathawa chaka chapitacho.

O, momwe matebulo asinthira! Ndidachoka ku Thailand ndili pamavuto pang'ono ndi milandu ya COVID ikuchulukirachulukira mosayembekezereka, zomwe zidadabwitsa akuluakulu ndi nzika modzidzimutsa komanso ndi mantha komanso mantha, ndidafika ku UK aliyense ali wobisika, wodekha, tcheru kuti atenge kachilombo. , ndi kutuluka kuchokera ku njira zokhoma zotsekera.

UK 34.5 v Thailand 1. Izi zinali mphambu nditafika ku UK masiku 13 apitawo. UK yapambana komanso moyenera katemera wa anthu opitilira 34 miliyoni "omwe ali pachiwopsezo" kuti achotse chiopsezo chovutitsa National Health System (NHS). Ma Brits ayika machitidwe, Track & Trace, Lockdown, ndi masking up kuti athe kuthana ndi matenda aposachedwa. Ndipo zinagwira ntchito. Momwe ndidabwerera ku UK kuli chiyembekezo chanzeru pomwe UK ikutuluka m'malo otsekeka ndi malo odyera, ma pubs, ndi mabizinesi ena ochezera akutsegulidwanso posachedwa. Kupumula kwina kwa njira zopewera kumachitika mu Julayi nthawi yachilimwe. Komabe, mukamalowa m'malo ocheperako monga mashopu kapena pamayendedwe apagulu, kuvala chigoba kumakhala kofunika. Zocheperapo poyenda panja.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

  • Becoming the owner of a 1779-built heritage house needing a fair amount of work on it, I was keen to visit my new home, but decided to delay a return to the UK as Thailand was reportedly one of the five safest countries in the world with containment of COVID-19.
  • It was a little chaotic at the airport with me and four Thais refused at the check-in counter to board the flight as the Flight Manager insisted, “Thailand is now closed to international arrivals without COVID-free certificate and Fit To Fly document from the Royal Thai Embassy.
  • With jetlag I was still on Thai time, and on Day 3 in the UK, I woke up at 2 am and checked my emails and social channels.

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