Parliament President Chuan Leekpai visits Phuket
Parliament President Chuan Leekpai visits Phuket
PHUKET: President of the National Assembly of Thailand and incumbent Speaker of the Thai House of Representatives Chuan Leekpai arrived in Phuket today to be briefed on the outbreak situation on the island and to donate 10,000 items of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the officers stationed at the Phuket Check Point, where all arrivals onto the island by road are screened before being allowed into the province.
Chuan Leekpai at the Phuket Check Point earlier today (Apr 30). Photo: PR Phuket
Chuan Leekpai at the Phuket Check Point earlier today (Apr 30). Photo: PR Phuket
PHUKET: The Official COVID-19 Information Center Phuket has appealed for the public to be patient and mindful of the process it takes for them to publicly provide timelines of people’s movements aft
Phuket health chief assures enough hospital beds for COVID patients
Phuket health chief assures enough hospital beds for COVID patients
PHUKET: The Chief of the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO), Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon, has assured that the island will not run out of hospital beds to treat and monitor people confirmed as infected with COVID-19.
Wednesday 28 April 2021, 04:36PM
Officals observe a patient at the ’Field Hospital 1’ at the Prince of Songkla University (PSU) Phuket campus in Kathu. Photo: PR Phuket
Dr Kusak at the meeting of the Phuket Communicable Disease COmmittee at Provincial Hall. Photo: PR Phuket
Phuket now has 361 officially recognised infections of COVID-19. Image: PPHO
Travelling Phuket expats test positive on return home
Travelling Phuket expats test positive on return home
PHUKET: Two expats from Phuket have tested positive for COVID-19 at the checkpoint leading onto the island while trying to return home from travelling off-island. One of them is an Italian man who returned from a trip to Krabi, the other is a Belgium man who had returned from Bangkok after visiting the Belgium embassy to renew his passport.
Tuesday 27 April 2021, 02:13PM
Photo: PR Phuket
The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPHO) reported that the two men were required to be tested on arrival in Phuket due to the current policy mandating that all Phuket people returning to the island to be tested for COVID-19 if they are unable to prove that they are fully vaccinated or present a COVID-free certificate confirming they had tested negative for the virus within 72 hours of arriving in Phuket.
Phuket officials silent on lockdown talk as island COVID cases climb to 335
Phuket officials silent on lockdown talk as island COVID cases climb to 335
PHUKET: Phuket officials have yet to make any public recognition of the possibility of lockdowns on the island as the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections rose to 335 over the weekend, with 264 people under medical care.
A Disease Control Division officer conducts COVID site cleansing at a pharmacy in Chalong. Photo: PR Phuket
A Disease Control Division officer conducts COVID site cleansing at the 7-Eleven Soi Palai store in Chalong. Photo: PR Phuket
A Disease Control Division officer conducts COVID site cleansing at a pharmacy in Chalong. Photo: PR Phuket