Sandbox tourists stuck in quarantine ask to go home
Sandbox tourists stuck in quarantine ask to go home
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.
Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon confirmed the news yesterday (July 8). Photo: Radio Thailand Phuket
Image: Phuket Info Center
Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon confirmed the news yesterday (July 8).
Dr Kusak explained that the 12 tourists who have asked to fly home were among the 14 people who arrived on Emirates flight EK378, which landed in Phuket on Tuesday (July 6).
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All first day Sandbox arrivals test COVID negative as rules change for land entry
All first day Sandbox arrivals test COVID negative as rules change for land entry
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.
Governor Narong Woonciew. Photo: PR Dept
“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 3).
“The test results for all the arrivals last Thursday were negative,” he added.
Meanwhile, the 14-day quarantine option for all arrivals via land onto Phuket is no longer available, Governor Narong has confirmed.