Phuket’s first travel bubble ‘villa quarantine’ tourists arrive
Phuket’s first travel bubble ‘villa quarantine’ tourists arrive
PHUKET: Phuket’s first ‘travel bubble’ tourists, who will be observing a ‘villa quarantine’ at the five-star Sri Panwa resort on the island’s east coast, landed at Phuket International Airport last night (Feb 21).
Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
The tourists, 59 in total, arrived via Indonesia on two flights operated by Indonesian national airline Garuda Indonesia.
The first flight, with 13 of the tourists on board, landed at 8:20pm. The second flight, carrying 46 tourists, landed at about 11pm.
Present to welcome the tourists were Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong, joined by Patong Hospital Director Dr Muenphrae Boonlom, who is now the acting chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO).
PHUKET: A team of medical staff from Phuket has returned after joining the intensive ‘active surveillance’ in Samut Sakhon to counter the spread of COVID-19.
Patong, Phuket Town join push for free COVID vaccinations for all residents
Patong, Phuket Town join push for free COVID vaccinations for all residents
PHUKET: The mayors of Patong and Phuket Town have both now confirmed that they have set aside their own budgets to vaccinate all registered residents – Thai and foreign – in their areas for COVID-19 without having to wait for the national government.
Photo: Tanyaluk Sakoot
The move follows Chalong Mayor Samran Jindapon earlier this week confirming to
The Phuket News that foreigners living in Chalong will be freely vaccinated for COVID-19 once the national government has approved which vaccines may be used in Thailand.
Phuket EOC contact details released for visitors
Phuket EOC contact details released for visitors
PHUKET: The Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) has released the contact details of all 18 Emergency Operation centers (EOCs) in each subdistrict on the island for those who have not registered their travel details via the gophuget.com web portal to report themselves.
Image: PPHO
Each of the 18 local administration organisations (OrBorTor) and municipalities on the island now have an EOC set up for their respective area, with the local base of operations for the EOC focussed at the local Subdistrict Health Promoting Centre.
Subdistrict Health Promoting Centres, also called Health Promotion Hospitals, are local medical centres operated by the Ministry of Public Health that are set up in nearly every tambon in the country.
Phuket quarantine guests allowed to roam hotel areas
Phuket quarantine guests allowed to roam hotel areas
PHUKET: People arriving in Phuket placed under a mandatory 14-day quarantine are allowed to roam the hotel where they are staying, and are not confined to their room, the Phuket health chief has confirmed.
Wednesday 13 January 2021, 12:57PM
Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong at the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee meeting at Phuket Provincial Hall yesterday (Jan 12). Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub
However, there will be harsh penalties for any people under quarantine found outside their hotel area, Dr Thanit Sermkaew, Chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO), told