CHONBURI (NNT) – Koh Lan of Chonburi province has remained open to tourists but is observing strict health measures, assessing each arrival for symptoms of COVID-19. Authorities and volunteers on Koh Lan are screening all people arriving on the island, after Deputy Mayor of Pattaya Manoch Nongyai stated that no cases of COVID-19 have been […]
PHUKET, April 8 (TNA) – The infectious disease committee of Phuket ordered the closure of local entertainment places from April 9 to 18 to control COVID-19. The order followed reports on 10 new COVID-19 cases in the island province and they included a female receptionist from Thong Lor area of Bangkok, who visited Phuket on […]
PHUKET: Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon has revealed that eight people in Phuket have been confirmed as infected with COVID-19. Dr Kusak revealed the news at 11am today (Apr 7) at the Indoor Sports Stadium in Saphan Hin while Ministry of Public Health Deputy Permanent Secretary Dr Yongyot Thammawut was conducting […]
PHUKET: A beach party organiser has issued a notice urging all guests at three parties held in Phuket last weekend to monitor their condition now that it has been confirmed that one guest who attended all three parties in Phuket has now been confirmed as positive for COVID-19. Before travelling to Phuket, the guest had […]
PHUKET: Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has hailed the arrival of the flight from Frankfurt yesterday (Apr 3) as a positive sign, saying that Phuket is ready to receive international tourists. Governor Narong was among the official welcoming party ready to receive the arrival of just 16 passengers, 13 foreigners and three Thais, on Flight TG912 […]
PHUKET: Phuket International Airport has begun preparations to receive overseas visitors as the island strives to reinvigorate its tourism industry following the government’s confirmation of relaxed quarantine conditions, effective today (Apr 1). Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew and Vice Governor Pichet Pananpong visited the X terminal today to oversee the extensive vaccination process of all staff, […]
PHUKET, April 2 (TNA) – The injection of the second lot of 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in Phuket started on Thursday. The vaccination with this lot was intended to be completed at five locations on the tourist island within 7-10 days, before the Songkran festival. Full story: tna.mcot.net TNA
PHUKET: The Phuket Immigration Office has called for all foreigners staying on 60-day ‘COVID visas’ to extend them early to avoid overloading the office with last-minute applications, as experienced last week. The call follows surreal scenes at the main Phuket Immigration Office in Phuket Town last Thursday (Mar 25), when scores of foreigners arrived en […]
