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Baby boy with COVID mum delivered, safe, healthy
Baby boy with COVID mum delivered, safe, healthy
PHUKET: Doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town have safely delivered a baby boy via a cesarean section conducted on his mother, who is infected with COVID-19.
Smart card readers to check Thai domestic arrivals for outstanding arrest warrants
Smart card readers to check Thai domestic arrivals for outstanding arrest warrants
PHUKET: Region 8 Police Chief Lt Gen Kitrat Panpetch has donated 51 smart card readers and 20 smartphones to be used at the Phuket Check Point leading on to the island to ensure that no people wanting to come to Phuket are wanted on outstanding arrest warrants.
Phuket marks 50 new local infections, one new COVID death
Phuket marks 50 new local infections, one new COVID death
PHUKET: The latest Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) daily COVID situation report marked 50 new local infections on the island yesterday (Aug 16), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 2,039.
Sandbox Express Bus extended, private vans now available to help tourists get off-island
Sandbox Express Bus extended, private vans now available to help tourists get off-island
PHUKET: The ‘Sandbox Express Bus’, which was to cease operations today (Aug 16), has been extended to continue taking Sandbox tourists from Phuket to Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok until at least Aug 30, and Sandbox tourists can now also choose to take a private minivan to the capital, officials confirmed today.
Strong Thai showing at women’s Scottish Open
Strong Thai showing at women’s Scottish Open
GOLF: Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn and Atthaya Thitikul narrowly missed out on victory at the 2021 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open yesterday (Aug 15) after Ryann O’Toole closed out an incredible round of 64 to win her first LPGA title.
Heavy downpours to continue
Heavy downpours to continue
PHUKET: Downpours across an estimated 70% of Phuket are forecast to continue through to next week, with the heavy weather expected to intensify by the coming weekend, reports the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD).
Electricity outage to affect Patong
Electricity outage to affect Patong
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Patong on Wednesday (Aug 18) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Phuket officials push for Phang Nga, Krabi Sandbox travel bubble
Phuket officials push for Phang Nga, Krabi Sandbox travel bubble
PHUKET: Phuket officials are moving ahead with plans to create a Phuket - Phang Nga - Krabi ‘sealed area’ for Phuket Sandbox tourists, Phuket Vice Governor Vikrom Jakthee  confirmed yesterday (Aug 16).
Phuket marks 49 new local infections, 78 held after ATK tests
Phuket marks 49 new local infections, 78 held after ATK tests
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 49 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 15), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,989.
Issuing of new, renewed driving licences back on ice
Issuing of new, renewed driving licences back on ice
PHUKET: The issuing of new and renewed driver’s licences in Phuket has been suspended again, along with assurances that some people stopped by police and found driving with a licence that expired will not be charged.
Island isolation measures extended with minor amendments
Island isolation measures extended with minor amendments
PHUKET: Measures adopted by Phuket officials to contain the spread of COVID-19 are to be extended until Aug 31 under a new order issued by the Phuket Governor.
Phuket Opinion: The problem with Phuket’s COVID containment camps
Phuket Opinion: The problem with Phuket’s COVID containment camps
PHUKET: The move by local officials to create ‘Phuket COVID Care Centers’ should be raising more alarm bells than anyone is willing to report right now. In effect, the “care centers” are nothing more than COVID containment camps, and even then they are just for those who test positive by a rapid antigen test and still are not showing any signs of infection.
Phuket marks 109 new local infections
Phuket marks 109 new local infections
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 109 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 14), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,940.
Thais vaccinated outside Phuket can now get second shot
Thais vaccinated outside Phuket can now get second shot
PHUKET: It was confirmed today (Aug 14) that Thai citizens who have already received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine elsewhere in the country are now eligible to receive their second dose in Phuket.
Phuket fresh market ordered closed
Phuket fresh market ordered closed
PHUKET: The Phuket City Municipality issued an order today (Aug 14) to close the Phuket City Fresh Market 2 for seven days.
PPAO seeks B21mn for COVID support, B14mn for tourist attractions
PPAO seeks B21mn for COVID support, B14mn for tourist attractions
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) council has agreed to request B21 million to develop COVID-support services at the Phuket Provincial Hospital and a further B14mn to develop the Promthep Cape ‘skywalk’ and the ‘glass terrace’ viewpoint project at Surin beach.
Phuket marks 82 new local infections
Phuket marks 82 new local infections
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 82 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 13), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,831.
Foreign woman rescued from dangerous Phuket surf
Foreign woman rescued from dangerous Phuket surf
PHUKET: Lifeguards at Surin Beach in Cherng Talay are urging all beachgoers to swim only between the red-yellow flags after a foreign woman was rescued from a dangerous rip current late yesterday afternoon (Aug 12).
Electricity outage to affect Wichit
Electricity outage to affect Wichit
PHUKET: The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Wichit on Tuesday (Aug 17) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Phuket mass screening tests 1,300 over two days
Phuket mass screening tests 1,300 over two days
PHUKET: Health officers today are continuing their mass screening of people for COVID-19 in the Phuket Town Fresh market 1 area after the huge push to identify those infected still living among the community saw 1,300 people tested over the past two days, with 55 local residents and Myanmar migrant workers confirmed infected.