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Phuket tightens up Covid-19 restrictions

Phuket tightens up Covid-19 restrictions

Bars shut, no beach booze, eatery curbs

Phuket governor Narong Wunsiew

Phuket has heightened Covid-19 control measures as the number of new cases there has risen slightly, with the governor saying more restrictions are crucial to keep the situation under control and the Phuket Sandbox tourism reopening programme going.

Aimed at stemming the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, a set of new Covid-19 control measures were rolled out on Monday and were due to take effect from today until Aug 2, said Narong Wunsiew, the provincial governor.

These measures were issued while the number of new Covid-19 cases was about a dozen each day, even though the province had initially planned to step up…

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