Tag: Phuket

Phuket

March 23, 2020

Phuket Immigration jammed with foreigners, expats on non-immigrant visas forced to leave the country

PHUKET: Expats living and working in Phuket for years, even more than a decade, are being forced to leave the country because of the Immigration Bureau’s requirement for non-tourist foreigners staying in Thailand to obtain a letter from their embassies requesting the foreigner’s permit-to-stay be extended. Hundreds of foreigners arrived at the Phuket Immigration Office […]

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Phuket

March 21, 2020

Sanitation drive across Phuket island to combat COVID-19 spread

PHUKET: Today (Mar 21) witnessed a series of sanitation initiatives island wide as part of a health drive to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana led the push with the help of administrative officers and transport officers at the old Phuket bus terminal in Phuket Town and Chalong Pier. Full […]

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Phuket International Airport (HKT) entrance

Phuket

March 20, 2020

Governor admits Danish family with coronavirus under treatment in Phuket

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana has confirmed that a family of three Danish tourists in Phuket have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus and are currently in hospital receiving treatment. The news came at the now-daily meeting of the Provincial Communicable Diseases Committee held Phuket Provincial Hall this morning (Mar 20). Full story: thephuketnews.com By […]

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Thai Airways aircraft at Phuket International airport

Phuket

March 19, 2020

AoT confirms reported coronavirus death at Phuket airport is ‘fake news’

PHUKET: The Airports of Thailand management team operating Phuket International Airport (AoT Phuket) has dismissed a post that surfaced on social media suggesting a person had died of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the airport. In the post, video footage showed a person being wheeled out of the airport and loaded into an ambulance. The video […]

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Phuket

March 9, 2020

Russian man in Phuket did not die from Coronavirus, report officials

PHUKET: A Russian man who died while under close care of doctors at Vachira Phuket Hospital for 14 days did not die from COVID-19, Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol told the press today (Mar 9). The man, I. K., 64, was pronounced dead from severe pneumonia at 9am on Feb 29, Dr Chalermpong explained. “He […]

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Phuket

March 9, 2020

Frenchman found hanged from Patong hotel balcony

PHUKET: Police are investigating the death of a 47-year-old Frenchman who was found hanged by a rope tied to a hotel balcony rail in Patong this afternoon (Mar 9). Lt Pongsathorn Phothong of the Patong Police said officers were called to the scene, in Soi Patong City, near Patong Hospital, at 1:15pm. Full story: thephuketnews.com […]

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Phuket

February 20, 2020

Tourist sector in Phuket reeling from lack of Chinese tourists

Tourism-related businesses in Phuket have been hard hit by the sharp drop in the number of tourist arrivals, especially Chinese, as a direct result of the COVID-19 outbreak in China and its spread to several other countries. The Phuket Wang Tahfu Chinese restaurant, for example, which used to cater to between 1,000-2,000 Chinese customers, mostly […]

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Star Alliance Boeing 747 at Phuket Airport

Phuket

February 17, 2020

Phuket Coronavirus death fake news poster acknowledges Computer Crimes Act charge

PHUKET: The woman who posted a photo of a foreigner being removed from Phuket International Airport by ambulance staff and claiming that the person had died of the Wuhan coronavirus has presented herself to police to acknowledge the charge against her under the Computer Crimes Act. The woman presented herself at Sakoo Police Station on […]

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