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Phuket asks to vaccinate 12- to 18-year-olds
Phuket asks to vaccinate 12- to 18-year-olds
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Government and the Tourism Ministry have together filed a request for doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be given to people in Phuket who are 12-18 years old, Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has confirmed.
Phuket new COVID infections hold at 32
Phuket new COVID infections hold at 32
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 32 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 2), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,220.
Phuket officials ban alcohol in restaurants, ‘social activities’ ‒ again
Phuket officials ban alcohol in restaurants, ‘social activities’ ‒ again
PHUKET: Phuket officials have banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in all restaurants again, and reinstituted the ban on all “social activities” in an order issued late last night (Aug 2).
PRU sets up as second field hospital
PRU sets up as second field hospital
PHUKET: Three hundred beds have been set up in a meeting hall at Phuket Rajabhat University (PRU) in Rassada which is to be designated as the second field hospital for “light green” cases on the island.
Laguna founder KP Ho calls for Phuket, other Sandbox destinations to be ‘Green listed’ as COVID safe havens
Laguna founder KP Ho calls for Phuket, other Sandbox destinations to be ‘Green listed’ as COVID safe havens
PHUKET: As Bangkok grapples with rising numbers of COVID infections, leading tourism voice KP Ho, Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Group, has told European envoys, airlines, senior officials and business leaders, that for Phuket Sandbox to succeed it is imperative for Phuket to be given “green” destination status.
Phuket village goes under lockdown
Phuket village goes under lockdown
PHUKET: Baan Nanai in Moo 7, Tambon Thepkrasattri, in Thalang District, has been ordered “to close” to contain the spread of COVID-19 after eight local residents in the village were found to be infected, resulting in many local high-risk contacts.
Phuket marks 245 COVID infections in past seven days
Phuket marks 245 COVID infections in past seven days
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 36 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (Aug 1), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,186.
Phuket Provincial Police Chief probed over gambling den raid
Phuket Provincial Police Chief probed over gambling den raid
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Police Commander Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo and two other top-ranking officers have been transferred pending an investigation into their relationships with suspects arrested in a gambling den raid at a resort on Koh Siray, east of Phuket Town, last month.
Phuket local infections remain high
Phuket local infections remain high
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 39 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (July 31), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,147.
Phuket Opinion: Raising the drawbridge
Phuket Opinion: Raising the drawbridge
PHUKET: The move by the Phuket Governor to restrict all entry to Phuket to essential arrivals only from starting this Tuesday (Aug 3) is one of the best decisions the provincial government has made so far during the ever-ongoing ‘Third Wave’ outbreak of COVID-19 infections. The only problem is that it could have been done sooner.
Island isolation needed to save Phuket, save Sandbox, says Governor
Island isolation needed to save Phuket, save Sandbox, says Governor
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong woonciew has defended the move to deny all but essential travel to Phuket starting next Tuesday (Aug 3), saying it is the only way to save the Phuket Sandbox scheme, and save Phuket’s hopes of economic recovery.
Large worker camps in Thalang targetted in COVID crackdown
Large worker camps in Thalang targetted in COVID crackdown
PHUKET: The mass inspections of migrant worker camps across Phuket continued yesterday (July 30) as officials inspected two major construction sites in Thalang.
Phuket local infections over seven days tops 200
Phuket local infections over seven days tops 200
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked 35 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (July 30), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,108.
Heavy downpours across Phuket set to continue
Heavy downpours across Phuket set to continue
PHUKET: The heavy downpours and strong winds are expected to continue across Phuket and neighbouring coastal provinces until next Wednesday (Aug 4), according to a weather advisory issued by the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD).
More Phuket venues ordered closed, ban on movement of migrant workers
More Phuket venues ordered closed, ban on movement of migrant workers
PHUKET: New provincial orders have been issued to close more venues for sport and activities and to control the movement of migrant workers on the island from today (July 30) following the record new number of daily infections on the island.
Phuket marks record daily new infections, one more COVID death
Phuket marks record daily new infections, one more COVID death
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) marked a record 50 new local COVID-19 infections on the island yesterday (July 29), bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 1,073.
Phuket to be shut off from mainland, Sandbox to remain open
Phuket to be shut off from mainland, Sandbox to remain open
PHUKET: All domestic arrivals from the mainland by land, air or sea will be refused entry to Phuket from Aug 3-16 under a new order issued by the Phuket Governor.
Phuket Sandbox on two-week ‘watch’
Phuket Sandbox on two-week ‘watch’
PHUKET: The Phuket Sandbox scheme will continue for at least two more weeks while officials monitor the fallout from the rise in COVID-19 infections across the island, Dr Khajonsak Kaewjarat, Deputy Director of the Department of Disease Control (DDC), has confirmed.
Layan beachfront squatters given yet another reprieve
Layan beachfront squatters given yet another reprieve
PHUKET: MaAnn Samran, Chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administrative Organisation (OrBorTor) has given illegal occupiers of prime beachfront land at Layan Beach belonging to the government another extension to vacate the plots they are illegally occupying.
Phuket worker camps targetted in COVID crackdown
Phuket worker camps targetted in COVID crackdown
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew inspected workers’ camps across the island yesterday (July 28) to see the disease control measures in effect at each camp following 13 workers at a camp in Patong testing positive, prompting officials to place the camp under one-month ‘Bubble and Seal’ isolation.