PHUKET: Twelve tourists now stuck in “alternative local quarantine” (ALQ) in Phuket after one person who arrived on the same flight to the island tested positive for COVID-19 have asked to fly home. Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon confirmed the news yesterday (July 8). Dr Kusak explained that the 12 […]
PHUKET: Expats in Phuket have vented an outpouring of frustration online after being unable to register their reservation of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination being offered by Bangkok Hospital Phuket today (July 7). Registrations were made online through a web portal set up to receive reservations, and opened at 9am. Full story: thephuketnews.com By The Phuket […]
PHUKET: Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has confirmed that Phuket has marked its first Phuket Sandbox tourist infected with COVID-19. Dr Kusak broke the news during a live broadcast this morning (July 7). Full story: thephuketnews.com By The Phuket News
PHUKET: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is working in isolation after a visiting delegate who joined the festivities to mark the opening of the Phuket Sandbox scheme last Thursday confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to his home province of Surin. Veerasak Pisanauwong, President of the Surin Chamber of Commerce, posted on his […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – Thai Airways has resumed international operations to and from Phuket for the Phuket Tourism Sandbox campaign, providing direct passenger services from five European airports to the island province now open for quarantine-free tourism. The first international flight resumed by Thailand’s national flag carrier Thai Airways landed in Phuket today, bringing tourists from […]
PHUKET (NNT) – Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Ministry says that the first 14 days of the Phuket “sandbox” scheme will be a critical test run, to pave the way for the opening of other areas in southern Thailand. Minister Phipat Ratchakitprakarn said, if there’s no outbreak on the island for two weeks, the government will […]
PHUKET: All arrivals that flew into Phuket on the first day of the Sandbox initiative last Thursday (July 1) tested negative for COVID-19, Governor Narong Woonciew has confirmed. “About 400 tourists arrived in Phuket on July 1, and all of them were tested for the first time at the airport,” Governor Narong said today (July […]
PHUKET: Vietjet Airlines has issued a statement regarding health authorities issuing a COVID alert over a passenger on a flight from Bangkok to Phuket late last month. The alert, issued on Wednesday, called for any passengers sitting near one particular passenger on the flight to present themselves for a COVID test at their nearest government […]
