PHUKET: The Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation (PPAO, or OrBorJor) has approved setting up a centre to provide COVID tests by antigen test kits (ATKs) at cheap prices near the Phuket Check
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Huge traffic crunch in last-day race to enter Phuket under free rapid test
Huge traffic crunch in last-day race to enter Phuket under free rapid test
PHUKET: A huge traffic tailback saw long delays for people coming onto the island by road yesterday (May 15), the last day of free rapid antigen tests for Thais wanting to enter Phuket.
Photo: Tha Chatchai Police
A long tailback started forming at the checkpoint onto the island yesterday morning, and was already causing delays by midday.
According to Google Traffic, a 49-minute delay was expected even at 9pm last night.
Officers staffing the road checkpoint onto the island checked 5,127 people entering Phuket, and found not one case testing positive or worth further investigation.
Phuket mass vaccinations continue as Third Wave island tally reaches 530
Phuket mass vaccinations continue as Third Wave island tally reaches 530
PHUKET: Mass vaccinations continued in Phuket yesterday as the total number of infections on the island since Apr 3 climbed to 530.
A total of 1,600 people received their first injection of the Sinovac vaccine at the Indoor Sports Stadium at Saphan Hin yesterday (May 9), while the campaign continues to call for people to register to be vaccinated through local channels for each major subdistrict in Phuket.
So far more than 104,000 people in Phuket have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including medical personnel and outpost personnel, general target groups working in tourism, ethnic groups, Buddhist monks, village headman, government officials and staff at local government organisations, reports the Phuket office of the Public Relations Department (PR Phuket).