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Phuket lifeguards treating many tourists for jellyfish stings
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 16/10/2025
» PHUKET - Lifeguards at Patong Beach on this southern resort island have reported a significant increase in jellyfish stings among tourists, with several cases requiring hospital treatment.
Phuket's diarrhoea outbreak wanes, cause still unknown
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 15/06/2023
» PHUKET: A diarrhoea outbreak in this southern resort island province is subsiding, while health officials have not yet determined its cause.
Diarrhoea HQ to probe local spate
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 10/06/2023
» The Public Health Ministry has opened an emergency operations centre (EOC) and ordered an investigation after more than 100 people across three districts in Phuket fell sick from an unidentified pathogen which left many suffering from severe diarrhoea.
Phuket favours home isolation for most
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 25/02/2022
» PHUKET: Some 1,100-1,200 new Covid-19 cases per day have been reported this week in this southern island province where local health authorities are now advising the vast majority of those infected to self-isolate and be treated at home.
Phuket reporting 1,100+ Covid cases a day
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 24/02/2022
» PHUKET: More than 1,100 new Covid-19 cases are being reported daily in this southern island province and local authorities are focused on treatment at home.
Phuket calls for 'endemic' designation
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 21/02/2022
» Phuket is offering itself as the first province to declare the spread of Covid-19 as an endemic despite a growing number of infections among tourists, according to an official.
Phuket seeing 500 Covid cases a day
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/01/2022
» Phuket is reporting an average daily caseload of about 500 Covid-19 infections, with roughly one-quarter coming from tourists, said Dr Koosak Kookiatkul, the provincial public health chief.
4,000 a day applying to visit Phuket
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 12/01/2022
» Phuket remains a popular travel destination among international arrivals as over 4,000 applicants are submitting forms to enter the resort island via the Thailand Pass system each day, the Phuket Tourism Association (PTA) said on Tuesday.
Bed shortage feared as Phuket cases rise
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 11/01/2022
» The number of Covid-19 infections in Phuket has begun to rise again and hospital beds will soon be in short supply, a provincial public health officer says.
Phuket seeks promotion of its measures
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 08/01/2022
» Phuket governor Narong Woonciew has asked eight ambassadors to help promote the resort island's Covid-19 measures among their nationals.