Questions raised over Phuket’s next delivery of COVID vaccine Questions raised over Phuket’s next delivery of COVID vaccine PHUKET: Highlighting the delayed delivery to Phuket of its next shipment of COVID vaccination doses from China, Bhummikitti Ruktaengam, President of Phuket Tourist Association, today (May 4) vowed to keep pressing the Thai government to allow Phuket’s private sector to independently source vaccinations in order to make the July 1 re-opening of the island to international tourists a reality. Tuesday 4 May 2021, 07:37PM A medical staffer handles a Sinovac vaccine needle at the mass vaccination campaign at Saphan Hin last month. Photo: PR Phuket