Samut Sakhon outbreak reaches Phuket 18 published : 23 Dec 2020 at 12:19 18 Phuket officials announce a local man has been infected with Covid-19 from Samut Sakhon, on Tuesday night. (Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran) PHUKET: A Phuket man has been diagnosed with Covid-19 after being in close contact with a friend from Samut Sakhon who was infected with the virus. Dr Thanis Sermkaew, chief of the provincial public health office, said the 40-year-old was a company manager. On Dec 10 he had gone to nearby Koh Lanta in Krabi province for a get-together with about 40 friends, one of them from Samut Sakhon. On Dec 11-12 he had close interaction with the friend from Samut Sakhon without wearing a face mask. The friend was later found to have Covid-19.