Pitfalls of exceptions for COVID-19 travel quarantine: lessons from a dignitary visit to Thailand
Mungaomklang A., Atsawawaranunt K., Kochakarn T., Batty EM., Kaewmalang P., Kongklieng A., Panwijitkul P., Joonlasak K., Kotanan N., Loesbanluechai D., Pawun V., Chantratita W., Chookajorn T.
A dignitary from a European country made an official visit to Thailand in November 2020. Due to the nature of this visit, a standard 14-day quarantine was not implemented. After a series of meetings with diplomats and hotel staffers, the dignitary was diagnosed with COVID-19. Here, we detailed the transmission and the genomic investigation from the visit, presenting the factors that need to be considered when a standard quarantine was waivered.