Keep your guard up, says Governor

Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew has warned against complacency in regards to COVID-19 as the tourist numbers on the island continue to increase. Photo: PR Phuket

By The Phuket News

PHUKET: While the number of tourists coming to Phuket has increased of late, Governor Narong Woonciew has urged residents across the island to maintain diligence to ensure any possible spread of the COVID-19 virus is minimised.

Governor Narong confirmed that the number of tourists arriving on the island has increased since the official Nov 1 reopening to fully vaccinated tourists from 63 countries from around 500-600 a day to over 1,000 per day, mainly due to the more relaxed conditions.

He added that the Test & Go approach has proved a success whereby a solitary test on the first day of arrival then allows people to travel freely throughout the country without further quarantine measures, assuming the test returns negative. The fact that costs associated with testing have decreased under this method from approximately B8,000 to B2,000 has also contributed to the success.

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