Thailand's Phuket airport reopens after virus closure


A file picture showing Thai soldiers taking the temperatures of arriving passengers at Phuket International Airport, to check for symptoms of the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Phuket on March 19, 2020. The airport in the southern Thai island province of Phuket reopened for domestic flights on Saturday (June 13). - AFP

BANGKOK (dpa): The airport in the southern Thai island province of Phuket reopened for domestic flights on Saturday (June 13) , amid the country's efforts to ease measures imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) infections.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand announced late Friday that domestic flights will resume from midnight on Friday.

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