One Phuket fresh market closes over COVID concerns, as another market reopens

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Phuket Town Fresh Market 2, near Robinson department store on Ong Sim Phai Rd in Phuket Town, has reopened after two weeks’ closure after a ‘big cleaning event’ at the market yesterday (Aug 25). Photo: Phuket Town Municipality

 

PHUKET: The busy fresh market at Baan Lipon, located near the Khao Lan Intersection on Thepkrasattri Rd in Tambon Thepkrasattri, has been ordered closed until at least next Thursday (Sept 2) amid concerns of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections there.

 

The order for the market to close was issued yesterday, and came into effect today (Aug 26).

 

The closure order came as Phuket marked 189 new COVID infections confirmed yesterday, the highest number of COVID infections confirmed in Phuket on one day.

 

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Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/one-phuket-fresh-market-closes-over-covid-concerns-as-another-market-reopens-81188.php

 

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[Will B Good]

It is hard to imagine that these big clean ups actually achieve anything, but I guess it is good optics.

[Scrotobike]

Covid in the litterbox - oh dear how unexpected. Good job they abandoned the metrics for cancelling the scheme - shifting sand in the sand box.

[poskat]

this reminds me of a game of whack-a-mole