Phuket officials target arrivals from Myanmar as fears of COVID spread rise

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Phuket officials target arrivals from Myanmar as fears of COVID spread rise

By The Phuket News

 

Police at the Phuket Check Point, the only entry by road onto Phuket, check Myanmar nationals for any new arrivals from their home country looking to land on the island. Photo: Phuket Provincial Police

 

PHUKET: Local officials have ramped up their efforts to locate any new arrivals from Myanmar who may have arrived on the island without passing any COVID-19 checks on entering the country. The crackdown comes amid fears that new arrivals from Myanmar may be infected, and start a second wave of infections in Phuket.

 

The move follows a Myanmar woman being found in Phuket last week after avoiding a COVID-19 test in Phang Nga, the province immediately north of Phuket.

 

The woman had been staying in Phuket and working at a local market. 

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-officials-target-arrivals-from-myanmar-as-fears-of-covid-spread-rise-78291.php

 

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