Government of Phuket will be held at which the question of closing the Phuket Sandbox project will be decided.

On August 13, an extraordinary meeting of the government of Phuket will be held at which the question of closing the Phuket Sandbox project will be decided.

The number of infected with COVID19 amounted to 104 people in 1 day, which significantly exceeds the norms adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers in the Phuket Sandbox project dated June 22, 2021. Where are 5 benchmarks set for project closure: 90 new cases per week, spread of new cases in 3 districts, spread of new cases in 6 districts with more than 3 cluster outbreaks, as well as in case of not being able to locate the spread of the disease.

At least at the present time, 2 benchmarks have already been reached or exceeded, this is the number of cases (104) and the number of outbreak clusters (3 clusters - a fresh vegetable market, housing around the market and a fishing brigade). At the moment, these centers are cordoned off and preventive work is being carried out. The infected were quarantined.
We very much hope that the program will not be closed, since the proportion of infected among arriving tourists is very small. For example, out of the discovered 104 people, only 1 is a tourist who arrived under the Phuket Sandbox program.