Phuket eases lockdown measures for CNY


All quiet: A deserted street in Patong, Phuket. The government hopes the Chinese New Year festival will help tourism players get back on their feet. — Bloomberg

PHUKET Governor Narong Woonsiew says the provincial communicable disease committee has approved relaxation of lockdown measures as no new cases have been reported in the province for 29 days since the new wave of Covid-19.

“Travellers from other provinces will not have to get their ID cards scanned before entering Phuket, but they still need to undergo thermo-scanning, checking in via the MorChana application and pre-

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