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Layan Beach encroachers finally face eviction
Layan Beach encroachers finally face eviction
PHUKET: The last three occupiers of state land at Layan Beach have until Friday to remove their chattels and belongings before machinery is sent in to demolish the buildings on Monday (July 19), MaAnn Samran, chief of the Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor), has confirmed.
Phuket health chief details latest COVID deaths on the island
Phuket health chief details latest COVID deaths on the island
PHUKET: Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO), today explained that the latest two deaths in Phuket attributed to COVID-19 were of a 57-year-old woman and a 92-year-patient who was suffering from long-term health conditions.
Sandbox tourist suffers swab test nosebleed
Sandbox tourist suffers swab test nosebleed
PHUKET: Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol has instructed medical personnel conducting swab tests to exercise more caution after a tourist who arrived under the Puket Sandbox scheme suffered a nosebleed from a swab sample being taken.
Hong Kong groom braves Phuket Sandbox to get married
Hong Kong groom braves Phuket Sandbox to get married
PHUKET: A Hong Kong man who came to the island under the Phuket Sandbox scheme and his Thai girlfriend were married at the Muang District Office in Phuket Town yesterday (July 12).
Phuket Sandbox infections were ‘expected’
Phuket Sandbox infections were ‘expected’
PHUKET: Phuket Sandbox tourists testing positive for COVID-19 was expected and the infections will not stop after opening 12 days so far, Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has said.
Electricity outage to affect Kamala 
Electricity outage to affect Kamala 
PHUKET: The Patong branch of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Kamala on Thursday (July 15) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Phuket suffers yet another COVID death
Phuket suffers yet another COVID death
PHUKET: For the second consecutive day the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has reported a death in Phuket attributed to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities attributed to the disease to nine since the latest wave of infections hit the island on Apr 3.
Phuket catch-up vaccination sessions to open
Phuket catch-up vaccination sessions to open
PHUKET: Vaccination injections for people who were unable to make their scheduled vaccine appointments will resume on Wednesday (July 14), Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol has confirmed.
Phuket officials: Prepare for new entry requirements, or go home
Phuket officials: Prepare for new entry requirements, or go home
PHUKET: Phuket officials this morning warned all people  intending to travel to Phuket to prepare to be refused entry onto the island from Thursday (July 15) if they cannot satisfy the new entry requirements.
Phuket suffers another COVID death, three more Sandbox infections
Phuket suffers another COVID death, three more Sandbox infections
PHUKET: Phuket has suffered another death attributed to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities attributed to the disease to eight since the latest wave of infections hit the island on Apr 3.
All arrivals from ‘red’ or ‘dark red’ zones must test negative to enter Phuket
All arrivals from ‘red’ or ‘dark red’ zones must test negative to enter Phuket
PHUKET: All people from Bangkok and other ‘dark red’ zones now designated as “highest surveillance” provinces must present test results evidence that they have tested negative for COVID-19 to enter Phuket regardless of whether they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from previously being infected with the virus.
Myanmar children latest Phuket Sandbox COVID cases
Myanmar children latest Phuket Sandbox COVID cases
PHUKET: Two Myanmar children, aged 8 and 9, have been placed in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 during the second round of RT-PCR tests conducted on Days 6-7 of their stay under the Phuket Sandbox scheme.
Phuket Opinion: Trapped Sandbox tourists need test and release
Phuket Opinion: Trapped Sandbox tourists need test and release
PHUKET: The Phuket Sandbox scheme has a serious problem with the forced quarantine of 13 tourists this week and Thai officials spouting off how much the Sandbox reopening of tourism to Thailand is going to help kickstart the Thai economy are about to find out just how much it is going to cost them.
Phuket Sandbox: Good idea, gone wrong
Phuket Sandbox: Good idea, gone wrong
PHUKET: For Stefanie Korényi coming back to Thailand this week was the realisation of a dream years in coming and six months just in preparation. She arrived in Phuket on Tuesday (July 6) and 24 hours later she was forced to move from her booked hotel to an alternative local quarantine (ALQ) because someone else tested positive for COVID-19.
Full Phuket Sandbox provincial order reissued
Full Phuket Sandbox provincial order reissued
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has issued another full order detailing the requirements of entry for tourists entering Phuket under the Phuket Sandbox model.
PPHO braces for infections; Delta, Beta variants confirmed in Phuket
PPHO braces for infections; Delta, Beta variants confirmed in Phuket
PHUKET: Phuket officials are drawing up battle plans in anticipation of a spike in infections on the island after Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon confirmed that both the Delta and Beta variants of COVID-19 have now been found among infected people in Phuket.
All Bangkok-Phuket buses cancelled
All Bangkok-Phuket buses cancelled
PHUKET: All interprovincial bus services between Phuket and Bangkok have been suspended, effective today (July 10), as all bus services between Bangkok and Southern Thailand have been cancelled.
Airlines scramble to allow passengers to reschedule flights
Airlines scramble to allow passengers to reschedule flights
PHUKET: Four major domestic airlines ‒ Nok Air, Vietjet, Bangkok Air and Thai Smile ‒ have announced emergency measures for passengers needing to reschedule flights due to the restrictions now imposed in Bangkok and its surrounding five provinces.
Phuket daily infections hit double-digits
Phuket daily infections hit double-digits
PHUKET: For the first time in weeks the number of COVID infections recorded on a single day reached double-digits yesterday.
All schools in Phuket ordered closed for two weeks
All schools in Phuket ordered closed for two weeks
PHUKET: All schools in Phuket have been ordered to close from July 12-23 by order of the Phuket Governor.