Thailand's Phuket airport to be shut for another 15 days

Passengers at a seating area in the domestic terminal of the Phuket Airport in Phuket on March 22, 2020 before the airport was shutdown. - AFP

BANGKOK (Xinhua): Phuket, a tourist island province in southern Thailand, has extended a temporary shutdown of its airport for another 15 days.

Phuket Provincial Governor Phatkhapong Thaviphat confirmed on Wednesday (April 29) that the provincial authorities in charge of the Covid-19 situation have decided to extend the shutdown of Phuket airport from Thursday until May 15.