Popular Post webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2020 Phuket Governor ’asks’ tourists to self curfew from 5pm to midnight By The Phuket News Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana is asking all tourists to stay in their hotel rooms from 5pm to midnight. Photo: PPHO PHUKET: Phuket Governor Phakaphong Tavipatana today issued a notice calling for all tourists on the island to self-quarantine themselves in their hotel rooms from 5pm to midnight. Not calling the order a “curfew”, the official notice issued at 6:01pm tonight asked for all Thai and foreign tourists to stay in their hotel room or other accommodation from 5pm (one hour before the order was issued) to midnight. Bizarrely, the order called for tourists to cooperate with the request specifically tonight (March 25), but did not mention whether the “soft curfew” is to apply on any other nights. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-governor-asks-tourists-to-self-curfew-from-5pm-to-midnight-75438.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-03-26 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Curfew on tourists, foreign and Thai, in Phuket By The Thaiger The Phuket Governor has been forced to announce an emergency curfew to prevent a repeat of last night’s spontaneous gatherings on Patong Beach. With all the bars and entertainment venues closed Governor Phakaphong has requested that tourists, both foreign and Thai, to remain inside their accommodation from 5pm until midnight, tonight. Source: https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/curfew-on-tourists-foreign-and-thai-in-phuket -- © Copyright The Thaiger 2020-03-26 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chazar Posted March 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2020 well at least he mentioned thai tourists but why not Everyone? maybe locals are different and immune to viruses 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Somtamnication Posted March 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2020 Another shot in their foot. Makes no sense. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Why do these nonsense ideas exist? Everyone no matter of race or where they came from can catch and carry the virus. If your going to get specific, curfew the chinese!! Especially while people are rushing to get food and such. Was at Lotus yesterday and a van load of chinese stopped at the front blocking everyone and they all waddled out slowly and annoying like wasting everyones time and such. Only 2 were wearing masks. Anyway, to be honest its best to put the curfew in place now to beat this thing. there is no other way to beat it quickly. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted March 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2020 Make it 7pm till 7am that would suit me 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swiss1960 Posted March 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) This is just another BS idea of somebody wanting to hit the news circle... as one of the deputy prime ministers said yesterday on TV, IF there is a curfew, it will be 7x24h... the virus does not wait for night time to get active... Phuket governor better listen to his government in BKK.. Edit: just found the name, it was Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam Edited March 25, 2020 by Swiss1960 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnacha Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 So, their solution to Covid-19 is to replace Phuket's nightlife with Chiang Mai's ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Another crazy idea THT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borzandy Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 3 hours ago, webfact said: ’asks’ tourists to self curfew But no have tourist, so no curfew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toper3jr Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 HAhaha: 1. Are there tourists there? 2. What about ALL the non tourists? Do they have hidden immunity? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Destiny1990 Posted March 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2020 Which virus expert came up with this initiative ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smedly Posted March 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2020 very difficult to make sense of any of this The PM says he is control yet they are all doing their own thing from province to province and the army seem to have gone back to barracks which sounds to me like there is a disagreement of sorts 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 i cannot understand how a partial curfew is going to help in any way. infection can occur through close contact at any time of the day; hence a partial curfew may be a futile exercise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Chazar said: well at least he mentioned thai tourists but why not Everyone? maybe locals are different and immune to viruses makes little sense if this exercise is going to be for a limited by time and the population numbers i.e. not applying to all the the residents of the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, unamazedloso said: Why do these nonsense ideas exist? Everyone no matter of race or where they came from can catch and carry the virus. If your going to get specific, curfew the chinese!! Especially while people are rushing to get food and such. Was at Lotus yesterday and a van load of chinese stopped at the front blocking everyone and they all waddled out slowly and annoying like wasting everyones time and such. Only 2 were wearing masks. Anyway, to be honest its best to put the curfew in place now to beat this thing. there is no other way to beat it quickly. the chinese tourists are well known for their behaviour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said: Which virus expert came up with this initiative ? a local one presumably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Incredibly stupid people. They think they are ok, but they are not. A few of the people there will be on a ventilator within the next 3 weeks. That is the sad reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Being a trained TV investigator, I would round up these three and detain them as instigators. I'm sure the crowd would disperse as they were debriefed during questioning. Back at the police station, of course. As for Chinese waddling and blocking the road, they do stop for herds of thousands of ducks there. Edited March 26, 2020 by Damrongsak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Another provincial politician who tries to profile himself behind the community .... what's the point of your suggestion? IT MAKES NO SENSE! Like all your suggestions, your colleagues and the government's, you are all swimming in unknown waters and making mistakes all the time ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) My guess is that this has been brought about from the photos of tourists on the beaches. So, why not just close the beach at a certain hour. I wonder also whether the 5pm time is to coincide with the opening of the alcohol sales time? But how would this appear to tourists when they are asked to stay indoors but locals are free to go out? And what about foreign long-stayers? What are we allowed to do. BTW the notification looks lie a request from Dads Army's Sergeant Wilson in the way it's worded! Edited March 26, 2020 by madmitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutterz64 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 What tourists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snackbar Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 If it doesn’t make sense to you it’s because you don’t speak Thai. Different language equates to a different set of references. If a monkey could speak English you would understand it. Different reference points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Somtamnication said: Another shot in their foot. Makes no sense. Closing venues to curb the infection then have the people gather on the beach instead makes no sense either... if people cannot understand what's going on then the officials will enforce you to stay in your room! This isn't about spoiling your fun, buy a beer and stay in your room! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Curfew from 5pm - announcement made in Thai only (to begin with) came at 6pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WineOh Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Totally agree with putting everyone in the same basket, tourists and locals alike, but just look at that picture. never seen so much ignorance in my life. shame on the lot of em! Edited March 26, 2020 by Liverpoolfan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dice Man Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 1 hour ago, smedly said: very difficult to make sense of any of this The PM says he is control yet they are all doing their own thing from province to province and the army seem to have gone back to barracks which sounds to me like there is a disagreement of sorts The lunatics are beginning to show us just how lunatic they are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaos Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) Edited March 26, 2020 by Xaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pj2738 Posted March 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2020 So everyone can come out again after midnight? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuketshrew Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Makes about as much sense as the 2pm - 5pm ban on alcohol sales! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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