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Premier League stars launch fund to ‘help’ health service virus fight
Premier League stars launch fund to ‘help’ health service virus fight
FOOTBALL: Premier League players announced yesterday (Apr 9) they had launched an initiative to generate funds for Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) to help against the coronavirus pandemic.
Suspend rites of Holy Week in time of COVID-19
Suspend rites of Holy Week in time of COVID-19
Joseph Prathan Sridarunsil, Bishop of Suratthani Diocese, has issued a notice regarding Easter services. The notice is as follows:
CCSA defends tests
CCSA defends tests
THAILAND: Thailand has defended its coronavirus testing procedure, saying it is effective even if the country adopts selective screening rather than focuses on the quantity of tests.
Immigration issues automatic visa extensions for all visa types
Immigration issues automatic visa extensions for all visa types
PHUKET: The Immigration Bureau has announced that all foreigners in Thailand staying on any type of visa that did not expire before Mar 26 have been granted automatic extensions until Apr 30.
Chinese tourists questioned for illegal spearfishing in protected area
Chinese tourists questioned for illegal spearfishing in protected area
PHUKET: Two Chinese tourists and their guide have been arrested for spearfishing at coral reefs off Nui Beach in Karon after a torrent of outrage online was brought to the attention of Yutthaphon Ankinandana, Advisor to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Ex-con ‘Evil Eye’ blames COVID-19 for need to sell drugs
Ex-con ‘Evil Eye’ blames COVID-19 for need to sell drugs
PHUKET: A 30-year-old man just one month out of prison has told police that he resorted to selling drugs because he could not find work due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Woman arrested for rebottling hand sanitiser, selling it online
Woman arrested for rebottling hand sanitiser, selling it online
PHUKET: A woman in Rassada has been arrested for buying large bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitiser, rebottling it into smaller bottles and selling them online with her own labels.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket lock down! Foreigner visa amnesty coming? Thailand schools close until July! || April 8
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket lock down! Foreigner visa amnesty coming? Thailand schools close until July! || April 8
PHUKET XTRA - April 8 || brought to you by PVCPhuket.com PM signs visa amnesty bill for foreigners, yet to be implemented |:| School term postponed until June |:| 111 new Thailand cases, 14 more for Phuket |:| Thailand not testing enough |:| Rest of Phuket to go on lockdown Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Phuket Songkran ground rules laid out
Phuket Songkran ground rules laid out
PHUKET: The Phuket office of the Public Relations Department has posted a notice laying out the ground rules for Songkran this coming Monday (Apr 13), which specifically states no water play.
Phuket Songkran allowed, but stay in your subdistrict, says Governor
Phuket Songkran allowed, but stay in your subdistrict, says Governor
PHUKET: All subdistricts in Phuket will be under “lockdown” orders by this coming Monday (Apr 13) and people will be allowed to celebrate Songkran**, but not travel to other parts of the island, the Phuket Governor has announced.
Thailand confirms 111 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths
Thailand confirms 111 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths
THAILAND: The government today (Apr 8) reported 111 new local cases of COVID-19, including 42 returnees from Indonesia, raising the total to 2,369. Three more deaths, all of foreigners, took the accumulated toll to 30.
14 new COVID-19 cases in Phuket, total hits 140
14 new COVID-19 cases in Phuket, total hits 140
PHUKET: The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (Apr 8) announced 14 more confirmed cases of people in Phuket infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Frenchman without mask arrested in Patong
Frenchman without mask arrested in Patong
PHUKET: A French tourist was arrested in Patong yesterday (Apr 7) for not wearing a face mask.
2020 Phuket Rugby 10s cancelled
2020 Phuket Rugby 10s cancelled
RUGBY: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus and with no clear end date in sight it has been decided to cancel the 2020 Phuket Rugby 10s scheduled for June.
Phuket random testing campaign to test 3,000 people for COVID-19
Phuket random testing campaign to test 3,000 people for COVID-19
PHUKET: Health officials have set a target of screening up to 3,000 people in just three main areas in Phuket in the hope of identifying people infected with COVID-19 before those people can spread the disease further.
Mains water supply outage in Rawai and Karon
Mains water supply outage in Rawai and Karon
PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) has announced that the mains water supply will be shut-off in Rawai and Karon tomorrow (Apr 9).
Thousands leave virus-hit Wuhan as outbound travel ban lifted
Thousands leave virus-hit Wuhan as outbound travel ban lifted
WORLD: Thousands of Chinese travellers flocked to catch trains leaving coronavirus-ravaged Wuhan early today (Apr 8) as authorities lifted a more than two-month ban on outbound travel from the city where the global pandemic first emerged.
Phuket Immigration launches ‘field offices’ in lockdown areas
Phuket Immigration launches ‘field offices’ in lockdown areas
PHUKET: Phuket Immigration has launched “field offices” to help foreigners avoid having to travel across the island in order to visit an immigration office.
Loss of taste, smell ‘early symptom of infection’
Loss of taste, smell ‘early symptom of infection’
THAILAND: The Royal College of Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons of Thailand has urged doctors to pay special attention to signs of anosmia, also known as smell blindness, which affects many COVID-19 patients at the onset of the symptoms.
Sports habits that coronavirus could change forever
Sports habits that coronavirus could change forever
WORLD: As the coronavirus brings the international sports calendar to a grinding halt, AFP Sports took a look at three long-standing habits which could change forever once competition resumes.