People enjoy at a beach as Phuket opens for foreigners, who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), to visit the resort island without quarantine, in Phuket, Thailand, September 19, 2021. - Reuters
BANGKOK, Sept 20 (Bernama): Thailand’s health authorities to step up mass testing at Phuket this week in bid to curtail the surging Covid-19 infections in the resort island.
The Deputy Permanent Secretary of Public Health Ministry Dr Yongyos Thammawut said the ministry is to send nine Comprehensive Covid-19 Response (CCR) teams to Phuket to conduct active case detection for three days, starting Tuesday (Sept 21).
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