Koh Lan residents vote for island’s lockdown

CHON BURI: The community committee of Koh Lan, an island resort off Pattaya, made a resolution at a meeting on Sunday for the island to be closed to tourists 15 days from May 5-20 in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 infections.

The resolution, however, had yet to be approved by the provincial communicable disease committee.

The committee meeting was attended by 845 people including residents and business operators on the island.

Of the attendance, 420 voted for the island to be closed to tourists for at least 15 days while 306 voted for the island to be completely closed to all. The rest voted for the island to remain open under the provincial guidelines regarding Covid restrictions.

As a result, the committee passed a resolution for the island to be closed to tourists for 15 days from May 5-20.

Operators of resorts and lodging houses were to clear off all tourists…