PHUKET: Authorities have asked 157 passengers on board seven recent domestic flights to or from Phuket to take Covid-19 tests and go into quarantine as they were deemed at risk of contracting passengers who were found to have been infected.
The Phuket Covid-19 information centre on Saturday released seating charts showing the seat numbers and rows where passengers at risk were seated on all seven flights. It urged anyone who had been on the flights to immediately take Covid-19 tests at hospitals near their homes. The flights are as follows:
Passengers who require further information are being asked to call 094-593-8875 or 062-243-5116.
Authorities in Phuket on April 19 stepped up screening of arrivals to the province in hopes of keeping the spread of the virus under control. People arriving from the 18 red-zone provinces, as they were designated at the time, had to prove they have received two doses of vaccine or have a Covid-free certificate, issued within 72 hours of arriving.
If not, they would be required to take a test upon arrival.