The order, approved by yhe Phuket Communicable Disease Committee, comes into effect from Tuesday until further changes.
As the number of Covid-19 cases is currently going up in Phuket, the situation has become worrisome. Phuket added 25 new patients on Monday , taking the cumulative total to 463 of whom 246 have already recovered. After managing to largely control the virus for around a year through shutdowns and strict border controls, Thailand has faced a spike in cases since early April that is proving harder to control and putting pressure on parts of the medical system.
The new outbreak, which includes the highly transmissible B.1.1.7 variant first detected in Britain, has accounted for more than half of total cases and deaths since the start of the pandemic leaving Thais worried about when it might end, reportedAuthorities say the situation should ease in coming weeks as a result of restrictions including shutting bars and public venues in Bangkok.