Phuket man infected with COVID at big bike rally on Koh Lanta
Phuket man infected with COVID at big bike rally on Koh Lanta
PHUKET: A 40-year-old Phuket Thai man has tested positive for COVID-19 after joining a big bike event on Koh Lanta, Krabi, Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew confirmed in a video broadcast last night (Dec 22).
Wednesday 23 December 2020, 09:55AM
Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew (right) and Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpon Sukonthapon at the press conference last night. Photo: PR Phuket
Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew at the press conference last night. Photo: PR Phuket
Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Thanit Sermkaew explained how the Phuket man came to be infected. Photo: PR Phuket
Second Phuket school closes early as parent confirmed COVID-positive
Second Phuket school closes early as parent confirmed COVID-positive
PHUKET: Phuket Wittayalai School in Phuket Town closed today (Dec 22) after it was confirmed that a parent of one of the students at the school has tested positive for COVID-19.
Photo: Phuket Wittayalai School
Phuket Wittayalai is the second school to close classes early today after Kajonkietpattana School closed following a parent of a kindergarten student at the school testing positive for COVID-19.
Acting Deputy Director Rungnapa Saesor announced the school’s closure through a notice issued earlier today.
Ms Rungnapa explained that classes at Phuket Wittayalai had been suspended because “parent/s of student/s at the junior high school at Phuket Wittayalai have tested positive for COVID-19”.
Laotian transgender woman, 27, arrested for Phuket gold shop ‘snatch and run’
Laotian transgender woman, 27, arrested for Phuket gold shop ‘snatch and run’
PHUKET: Police have arrested a 27-year-old Loatian transgender woman and her Thai male friend after the woman grabbed five gold bracelets from a gold shop in Phuket Town yesterday (Dec 20) and ran off.
Police responded immediately to the call from the gold shop. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
Also responding to the call were Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo and Phuket City Police Chief Col Teerawat Liamsuwan. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
Also responding to the call were Phuket Provincial Police Commander Pol Maj Gen Pornsak Nuannoo and Phuket City Police Chief Col Teerawat Liamsuwan. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
Phuket officials target arrivals from Myanmar as fears of COVID spread rise
Phuket officials target arrivals from Myanmar as fears of COVID spread rise
PHUKET: Local officials have ramped up their efforts to locate any new arrivals from Myanmar who may have arrived on the island without passing any COVID-19 checks on entering the country. The crackdown comes amid fears that new arrivals from Myanmar may be infected, and start a second wave of infections in Phuket.
Saturday 12 December 2020, 09:00AM
Police at the Phuket Check Point, the only entry by road onto Phuket, check Myanmar nationals for any new arrivals from their home country looking to land on the island. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police