Phuket Governor announces forced quarantine for arrivals from South Korea, blanks all other risk areas

By Khunanya Wanchanwet

 

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana explaining yesterday (Mar 6) that arrivals from South Korea – but oddly only those arriving from South Korea, not from any of the five other identified ‘risk areas’ – were subject to 14 days of forced quarantine on landing in Phuket. Photo: PR Deptyesterday (Mar 6)

 

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana yesterday (Mar 6) presided over a meeting of the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee at which four quarantine zones were announced where South Koreans are to remain for 14 days before being allowed to integrate with the island’s general population.

 

However, according to a report by the Phuket office of the Public Relations Department (PR Phuket, see report here), the forced quarantine applies to any persons entering arriving in Phuket from South Korea – not to any visitors arriving from any of the five other “risk areas” identified by the Ministry of Public Health two days ago as requiring a mandatory “self-quarantine” of 14 days.

 

The failure to address any quarantine requirements of visitors arriving from any of the five other risk areas – China, Hong Kong, Macao, Italy, and Iran – follows none of the 2,500-plus people on board the Costa Fortuna cruise liner arriving in Patong yesterday being allowed to come ashore because there were 64 Italians on board. (See story here.)

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-governor-announces-forced-quarantine-for-arrivals-from-south-korea-blanks-all-other-risk-areas-75168.php

 

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41 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana explaining yesterday (Mar 6) that arrivals from South Korea – but oddly only those arriving from South Korea, not from any of the five other identified ‘risk areas’ – were subject to 14 days of forced quarantine on landing in Phuket

If it's a Saturday, then that's today's variable quarantine plan.

 

Sundays must be double-time, so maybe roll a four on the dice, and then it's only countries starting with letters between F and M.

 

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana yesterday (Mar 6) presided over a meeting of the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee at which four quarantine zones were announced where South Koreans are to remain for 14 days before being allowed to integrate with the island’s general population.

So, everyone from SK that booked 2 week holiday is pretty much up the Phuket creek then

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Costa Fortuna cruise liner arriving in Patong yesterday being allowed to come ashore because there were 64 Italians on board.

And today several airplanes from China landed with loads of Chinese on board... But they didn't have to go into quarantine.

 

Airplanes from: 
Shanghai 5x, Hong Kong 3x, Seoul, Guiyang, Shenzhen, Chengdu 2x, Guangzhou 2x have landed on Phuket International Airport in the last 24 hours.... 

13 hours ago, Tops said:

Airplanes from: 
Shanghai 5x, Hong Kong 3x, Seoul, Guiyang, Shenzhen, Chengdu 2x, Guangzhou 2x have landed on Phuket International Airport in the last 24 hours.... 

The governor will regret that in a couple of weeks!

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The governor will regret that in a couple of weeks!

Don't even want to think about how this will spread when the locals start the annual sneezing and coughing season (rain season)

On 3/7/2020 at 12:28 PM, rooster59 said:

Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana

Aka Eric Tsang.. Chines actor.