Arrivals from the four deep south provinces will face 14-day mandatory quarantine, Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong confirmed. Photo: PR Phuket

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: Arrivals from the four southern border provinces must face mandatory quarantine for 14 days after arriving Phuket regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or can prove they have tested negative for COVID-19 within seven days of travelling to Phuket.

 

Phuket Vice Governor Pichet Panapong confirmed the mandatory quarantine for arrivals in Phuket from the four provinces ‒ Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and Songkhla ‒ after the meeting of the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee on Monday (June 21).

 

“The quarantine is to protect against the disease [COVID-19] from spreading, as a vaccine may not be able to protect against the virus variant [present in the four southern provinces]. This is our latest medical measure to prevent [infections] spreading from students or visitors,” he said.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/deep-south-arrivals-face-14-day-mandatory-quarantine-80434.php

 

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Why would anyone want to go there under these conditions , its no wonder there are so many cancellations .

1 hour ago, webfact said:

PHUKET: Arrivals from the four southern border provinces must face mandatory quarantine for 14 days after arriving Phuket regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or can prove they have tested negative for COVID-19 within seven days of travelling to Phuket.

I wonder how many different categories there are for people going there, this must be off-putting for any prospective tourists .............LOL  

at least they are admitting that the current Chinese vaccine widely used in Thailand offers no protection from the Beta and Delta variant - that has got to be positive at least

5 hours ago, keith101 said:

Why would anyone want to go there under these conditions , its no wonder there are so many cancellations .

They won't be going, nobody will.

 

The "Pattani Sandbox" will not be happening any time soon....??

10 hours ago, bangon04 said:

The "Pattani Sandbox" will not be happening any time soon....??

 

On the contrary. There's talk that the Three Province region will be made inaccessible to outsiders for an indefinite amount of time. I live there, so I'll probably be able to leave and come back any time, but for people who are not from here, the government could decide not to let any outsiders, Thai or foreign, in anymore.