Tag: Phuket

Thai hospitals short of beds as Covid cases soar: ministry

  BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand’s health ministry sounded the alarm over Bangkok’s dire lack of hospital beds and isolation facilities on Thursday as Covid-19 cases and deaths soared to a new record. The Southeast Asian country is struggling to contain its latest outbreak fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant, with infections and deaths skyrocketing and the healthcare system stretched thin. Despite the hardest-hit provinces being placed under severe restrictions and a nighttime curfew, […]

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Divers to check sunken Thai boat for Chinese tourists: Phuket governor

PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) – The search for scores of missing Chinese tourists whose boat capsized off Thailand’s Phuket island resumed early Friday, with divers poised to scour the sunken hull, the island’s governor told reporters. The Phoenix ran into trouble on Thursday afternoon, when it was hammered by five-meter high waves whipped up by a storm. The boat, which had left the popular snorkelling spot of Koh Racha to return to Phuket, was carrying 105 […]

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Thai authorities hunt tourist town bombers

by Lillian Suwanrumpha Hua Hin, Thailand (AFP) — Thai authorities on Saturday hunted for culprits behind a wave of bombings targeting the country’s key tourism sector, as businesses in top destinations braced for the full impact. The kingdom was on edge after 11 small bombs exploded across five southern provinces on Thursday night and Friday morning, killing four locals and wounding more than 30 people — including foreign tourists. The bombs, most of them detonated in […]

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