Phuket dropped its outdoor mask mandate starting yesterday June 1,
despite the Prime Minister saying two days ago that there are NO plans to do so. Medical or cloth face masks will still be required to be worn indoors,
in crowded spaces, and badly ventilated spaces.
The masking requirement – indoors and outdoors – is still in effect in all other provinces around the kingdom,
for the meantime anyway.
In Phuket only, people may remove their masks at the beach, public parks, sports stadiums, and other public areas, but are urged to keep a social distance of 2 meters at all times.
Last week, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health Kiattiphum Wongrajit
announced the ministry would drop the mask mandate,
in outdoor spaces, in “certain areas” of Thailand to begin with. The ministry said the mask requirement could be dropped in areas with low case…
