Foreign visitors participating in the Phuket sandbox scheme will be allowed to visit other tourist spots after seven days starting from Aug 1. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA), said the centre approved the move on Thursday. Full story: Bangkok Post Chatrudee Theparat BANGKOK POST
PHUKET: An Israeli man and his Thai girlfriend who came to the island together under the Phuket Sandbox scheme were married at the Muang District Office in Phuket Town yesterday (July 19). The couple Nadav Gefen, 34, and Yanisa Chuchotethawon, 33, came to sign their marriage registration at the office, where Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew […]
PHUKET, July 19 (TNA) – Local authorities closed risky places and suspended the activities that may transmit COVID-19, affecting pubs, bars and other entertainment venues, while allowing shopping centers to open until 9pm. Phuket governor Narong Woonsew signed his order to close the places and halt the activities that could spread COVID-19. The order applies […]
PHUKET: A man has been apprehended at the Phuket checkpoint by police and denied entry after it was discovered he was illegally using a friend’s proof of vaccination certificate to enter the island. Of greater concern was the fact he had used this illegal method several times before and been granted entry to the province […]
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 Phuket Sandbox scheme suffered a nosebleed from a swab sample being taken. The swab test and nosebleed happened on the tourist’s first day in Phuket, Dr Chalermpong noted. Full […]
PHUKET: Another tourist who arrived under the Sandbox programme was found infected with Covid-19 on Tuesday, bringing the total to seven, provincial public health chief Kusak Kukiatikoon said on Wednesday. Dr Kusak said the seventh case is a woman from South Africa, the friend of a South African man earlier found to be infected with […]
PHUKET: Phuket Vice Governor Piyapong Choowong has denounced posts on social media that Phuket Sandbox tourists unhappy with their holiday have already flown home as fake news. Vice Governor Piyapong explained this morning (July 14) that a Facebook post making the claim had been shared many times, and that some news agencies had reported it […]
The Phuket Sandbox scheme aimed at revitalising the economy and tourism and is going well, with tourists continuing to arrive, but its success has been marred by “fake news” on social media of its imminent collapse, a government spokesman said. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchan, secretary to the Prime Minister’s Office minister and spokesman for the Centre for […]
