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 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.
The island province currently ranks among several others and Bangkok as being highly vulnerable to the pandemic. The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand on Monday extended a temporary ban on the landing of international passenger flights at any airport throughout the country to contain the spread of the epidemic until May 31. - Xinhua
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