EP 165 - PHUKET SET FOR ENDEMIC STATUS?, Thailand Pass News, Patong E-Scooter Warning, Phuket News!

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Govt says no hospital can reject patients
Private hospitals have been warned against denying medical treatment to Covid-19 patients, with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha adding that changes to the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme won't take effect until March 1.
Source - The Bangkok Post

Govt expects 200,000 Saudi visitors this year
About 200,000 people are expected to visit Thailand from Saudi Arabia this year with the resumption of direct flights and mutual tourism promotions, the government spokesman said on Monday. Spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said Saudi Arabian Airlines would start operating direct flights between the two countries next Monday and the Tourism and Sports Ministry planned to take tourism representatives to Saudi Arabia late next month to present their products and services.
Source - Thai PBS World

Patong police issue electric scooter warning
Patong police have issued a warning after a series of online complaints led to four tourists being charged for riding unregistered electric scooters in the area.
Source - The Phuket News - The Thaiger News

Phuket calls for 'endemic' designation
Phuket is offering itself as the first province to declare the spread of Covid-19 as an endemic despite a growing number of infections among tourists, according to an official.
Source - The Bangkok Post

Story of Thai policeman in exile and victims of human trafficking revealed in parliament

Pol Maj-Gen Paween Pongsirin, former deputy commissioner of the 8th Provincial Police Bureau, who led an investigation into a Rohingya human trafficking network over six years ago, said last night that he feels relieved after his side of the story was revealed in parliament, by Move Forward MP Rangsiman Rome, during the general debate yesterday.
Source - Thai PBS World

Thailand Pass - Test and Go Thailand - News
Will the 2nd PCR test be scrapped at Wednesday's CCSA weekly briefing?


The Phuket Sandbox daily news report

Austrian woman in Patong posts B10k reward for the safe return of stolen chicken
An Austrian woman in Patong is offering a B10,000 reward for the safe return of her missing Silkie chicken, Peep Peep.

Phuket’s Heidi crowned Miss Grand Phuket 2022
Amanda ‘Heidi’ Jensen, 22, from Phuket, has been crowned Miss Grand Phuket 2022.

Sixty-six baby turtles hatch in Khao Lampi-Hat Thai Mueang National Park
Officials from Khao Lampi-Hat Thai Mueang National Park in Phang Nga Province confirmed yesterday (Feb 19) that 66 green sea turtles have successfully hatched and been released into the sea.
Source - The Phuket News - Thaiger News
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