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PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket Covid orders extended as cases surpass 63,000 in Thailand || April 29
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Phuket Covid orders extended as cases surpass 63,000 in Thailand || April 29
PHUKET XTRA - April 29 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Thailand Covid update |:| Thailand, Singapore e-payment systems linked |:| AstraZeneca vaccine to be made in Thailand |:| Phuket Covid orders extended Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Phuket private sector makes plea to buy own vaccines
Phuket private sector makes plea to buy own vaccines
PHUKET: Leading figures from Phuket’s tourism and other industries have made a united plea for the national government to allow private businesses and even local municipalities on the island to buy their own vaccine doses to ensure that Phuket will be allowed to re-open to receive international tourists under the ‘Phuket Sandbox’ model on July 1.
Please be patient: Timelines take time
Please be patient: Timelines take time
PHUKET: The Official COVID-19 Information Center Phuket has appealed for the public to be patient and mindful of the process it takes for them to publicly provide timelines of people’s movements after the person has been confirmed as infected with COVID-19.
Phuket COVID prevention measures order extended
Phuket COVID prevention measures order extended
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has extended the order for the current COVID prevention measures to remain in effect until May 12.
Patong gets a new mayor as election results confirmed
Patong gets a new mayor as election results confirmed
PHUKET: Chalermsak Maneesri has been confirmed as the new Mayor of Patong following formal confirmation of the Mar 28 municipality election results yesterday (Apr 28).
Fear over sloppy mask disposal
Fear over sloppy mask disposal
THAILAND: An estimated 1.8 billion face masks are being discarded nationwide each day, many of them improperly, raising fears among medics of a further spread of COVID-19.
Local AstraZeneca jab ready by June
Local AstraZeneca jab ready by June
THAILAND: AstraZeneca’s plan to produce its COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand has made significant progress and the first batch of vaccines will be ready for delivery to the government by June.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: School pushed until June as Prime Minister’s powers increased || April 28
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: School pushed until June as Prime Minister’s powers increased || April 28
PHUKET XTRA - April 28 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Phuket foreigners face deportation, legal action if flouting Covid rules |:| Premier’s news sweeping powers |:| Vaccine didn’t kill woman |:| School pushed back |:| Thai Covid Update Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Residents threaten to torch conference hall if used as field hospital
Residents threaten to torch conference hall if used as field hospital
THAILAND: Frightened local residents have threatened to burn down a conference hall in Nakhon Sri Thammarat in Muang district if it is converted into a field hospital for COVID-19 patients.
Phuket officials re-release COVID measures order in English
Phuket officials re-release COVID measures order in English
PHUKET: Following a meeting with consuls representing at least 14 countries yesterday, the Phuket Provincial Government today (Apr 28) re-posted online the English-language version of the original order implementing the COVID prevention measures that are to remain in effect until at least Friday (Apr 30).
Phuket health chief assures enough hospital beds for COVID patients
Phuket health chief assures enough hospital beds for COVID patients
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO), Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon, has assured that the island will not run out of hospital beds to treat and monitor people confirmed as infected with COVID-19.
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 tomorrow (Apr 29) as work is carried out on installing new high-voltage cables.
All bridges to Phuket to close late night as health officials ‘exhausted’
All bridges to Phuket to close late night as health officials ‘exhausted’
PHUKET: All bridges onto and off the island are to be closed to all traffic, except emergency service vehicles and trucks delivering goods, from 11pm to 5am each night to help exhausted health officers cope with the volume of people being checked for COVID-19, Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong confirmed. 
Penguins perish after Fonseka flyer
Penguins perish after Fonseka flyer
CRICKET: With a limited number of players currently available, local teams the Thalang Cows and the Patong Penguins decided to begin a 3 match series of T20 9s at the ACG last Sunday (Apr 25).
Phuket foreigners told to be COVID ‘socially responsible’ or face expulsion
Phuket foreigners told to be COVID ‘socially responsible’ or face expulsion
PHUKET: Foreigners in Phuket caught ignoring COVID prevention measures and acting in a manner deemed to be not “socially responsible” will face legal penalties and may even face being kicked out of the country.
Sinovac jab did not kill saleswoman: committee
Sinovac jab did not kill saleswoman: committee
THAILAND: An initial medical investigation into the death of a 23-year-old saleswoman has found that it was not linked to Sinovac vaccine doses she had recently been given in Samut Sakhon, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
Local AstraZeneca vaccine ‘fit for use’
Local AstraZeneca vaccine ‘fit for use’
THAILAND: Samples of the AstraZeneca vaccine licensed to be produced locally by Siam Bioscience have passed the standard set by the Department of Medical Sciences (DMS), according to the department.
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Record Thailand Covid deaths as premier fined over face mask || April 27
PHUKET XTRA: VIDEO: Record Thailand Covid deaths as premier fined over face mask || April 27
PHUKET XTRA - April 27 || Brought to you by @PVC Phuket Thai COVID deaths hit new record |:| Phuket expats test positive upon return home |:| Premier breaks face mask rule |:| Kata Hill rd. safe to use |:| Police turns 191 into secondary Covid-19 hotline Hosted by: JP Mestanza || #Phuket
Major water supply outage to hit heart of Phuket Town
Major water supply outage to hit heart of Phuket Town
PHUKET: The Phuket City Municipality Waterworks Division has announced that the mains water supply will be shut off in parts of Phuket Town tomorrow (Apr 28) as maintenance works are carried out on the water-production facility serving much of the town.
Myanmar insurgents say they razed military base near Thai border
Myanmar insurgents say they razed military base near Thai border
WORLD: A prominent ethnic rebel group attacked and burned down a military base in eastern Myanmar near the border with Mae Hong Son province early this morning (Apr 27), an official from the group said.