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Phuket Town market reopens after COVID shutdown
Phuket Town market reopens after COVID shutdown
PHUKET: The Talad Kaset fresh market on Ong Sim Phai Rd in Phuket Town re-opened today (June 18) after staff of Phuket City Municipality and vendors conducted a big cleaning to boost local people’s confidence yesterday. 
Indonesian healthcare workers infected despite having Sinovac jab
Indonesian healthcare workers infected despite having Sinovac jab
WORLD: Further concerns over the effectiveness of the Sinovac vaccine have emerged following confirmation that over 350 doctors and healthcare workers in Indonesia have caught COVID-19 and been hospitalised, despite having been previously inoculated by the vaccine.
PM Prayut to visit Phuket for ‘Sandbox’ readiness
PM Prayut to visit Phuket for ‘Sandbox’ readiness
PHUKET: Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is scheduled to fly to Phuket for an inspection of the island’s readiness to reopen to receiving vaccinated forign tourists from July 1.
Oil spill hits Phuket beaches
Oil spill hits Phuket beaches
PHUKET: An oil spill washing up onto Phuket beaches as tar balls has now reached from Mai Khao Beach at the northern end of the island all the way to Nai Harn Beach at the southern end of Phuket’s west coast.
Officials change definition of population of Phuket, claim island 74% vaccinated
Officials change definition of population of Phuket, claim island 74% vaccinated
PHUKET: Phuket officials are claiming that about 74% of people on the island have received at least one vaccination injection in the mass vaccination campaign across the island.
With no income, Patong motorbike repair duo turn to stealing motorbikes
With no income, Patong motorbike repair duo turn to stealing motorbikes
PHUKET: Police have arrested two men, one who used to have a motorbike repair shop in Patong, for stealing motorbikes and breaking them down for spares and selling leftover parts.
Vaccination registration for non-working foreigners in Phuket opens
Vaccination registration for non-working foreigners in Phuket opens
PHUKET: Foreigners in Phuket who have not been issued a work permit can now register to receive a state-provided COVID-19 vaccination, local authorities have announced.
Phuket COVID deaths include German national, woman with ALS
Phuket COVID deaths include German national, woman with ALS
PHUKET: Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO), today confirmed that the two most recent COVID deaths recorded in Phuket were that of a German national and a Thai woman suffering ALS.
Electricity outage to affect Heroines Monument area
Electricity outage to affect Heroines Monument area
PHUKET: The Thalang branch of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Srisoonthorn tomorrow (June 17) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Phuket IVA to hold employment assistance fair
Phuket IVA to hold employment assistance fair
PHUKET: The International Veterans Association (IVA) Phuket will hold an ‘employment assistance fair’ to help local people, and local businesses, find skilled staff as the island prepares to reopen to receiving vaccinated international tourists from July 1.
Phuket airport holds tourist arrival rehearsal
Phuket airport holds tourist arrival rehearsal
PHUKET: Staff and officials at Phuket International Airport held a rehearsal yesterday (June 15) as the island prepares for the arrival of international tourists from July 1.
Indonesian fisherman rescued by Phuket fishing boat after nine days adrift
Indonesian fisherman rescued by Phuket fishing boat after nine days adrift
PHUKET: An Indonesian fisherman was rescued by a local fishing boat and taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town on Sunday (June 13) after he was adrift at sea in a small boat for nine days after his boat engine failed.
Phuket drug mule arrested with 2kg of ‘ice’, more than 5,000 meth pills
Phuket drug mule arrested with 2kg of ‘ice’, more than 5,000 meth pills
PHUKET: Border Patrol Police have arrested a man who was found in possession of nearly two kilogrammes of crystal meth (ya ice) and more than 5,500 pills of methamphetamine (ya bah) after making a drop-off in front of the Premium Outlet store on the bypass road.
Phuket marks four new COVID cases, as number of patients in care falls
Phuket marks four new COVID cases, as number of patients in care falls
PHUKET: Phuket has recorded four new cases of COVID infection on the island while the number of COVID patients still under medical care has fallen dramatically.
Electricity outage to affect Patong
Electricity outage to affect Patong
PHUKET: The Patong branch of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has announced that the electricity supply will be temporarily shut off in parts of Patong tomorrow (June 15) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
Phuket property sector will take time to recover: experts
Phuket property sector will take time to recover: experts
PHUKET: Phuket’s property sector is not likely to benefit until later this year from the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ July 1 reopening of the island to receiving vaccinated international arrivals, but the move will open the door to the island’s real estate market to recover in the long term, local property experts have predicted.
Phuket businesses awarded SHA Plus certification
Phuket businesses awarded SHA Plus certification
PHUKET: As Phuket gears towards the July 1 reopening to foreign vaccinated tourists, it was confirmed yesterday (June 12) that almost 300 businesses across the island have received Safety and Health Administration (SHA) Plus certification.
Phuket Opinion: Silence is killing confidence
Phuket Opinion: Silence is killing confidence
PHUKET: The lack of clear information about the July 1 reopening of Phuket to receiving vaccinated foreign tourists needs immediate attention before the silence does any more damage to just the confidence among prospective tourists that local officials have any idea of what they are doing to prepare for the milestone event.
Phuket Sandbox Workshop prepares for July 1 reopening
Phuket Sandbox Workshop prepares for July 1 reopening
PHUKET: The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with the Phuket Provincial Government hosted a ‘Phuket Sandbox Workshop’ in Phuket yesterday (June 12) to prepare the island to safely reopen to local and international visitors from July 1.
Phuket suffers fifth COVID death in ongoing outbreak
Phuket suffers fifth COVID death in ongoing outbreak
PHUKET: Phuket has suffered its fifth death attributed to COVID-19 in the latest outbreak, the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) has announced. The death, marked yesterday (June 12), is the fourth COVID death on the island in the past two weeks.