Phuket to press on with sandbox
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29 Jul 2021 at 04:33
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A plane carrying the first foreign tourists to Phuket after it reopened to overseas tourists receives a water cannon salute from fire trucks at the airport on July 1, 2021. (Reuters photo)
Phuket will persevere with its Phuket Sandbox tourism reopening scheme, despite escalating challenges associated with the rise in new Covid-19 infections, mostly infected locals who transferred from other provinces to receive treatment.
"I insist the Phuket Sandbox will continue as what has happened still doesn't affect the scheme," said provincial governor Narong Wunsiew.
Most of the about 20 new Covid-19 cases recorded each day were infected locals who had contracted the virus from elsewhere before being referred back to Phuket for treatment, he said.