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  • Paradise Lockdown: How Thailand's Phuket Island flattened its coronavirus curve

    Nina Milhaud

    July 06, 2020 |

    Asia Sentinel |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Phuket

    Despite devastating economic consequences, Thailand’s quick and hardline response to early signs of COVID-19 spread contained the virus and within weeks limited the country’s infections to just over 3,000 as of July 1, a far better record than nearby countries. Tourism-dependent Phuket Island was Thailand’s only province to impose a total lockdown for more than one month. Thanks to aggressive travel restrictions, contact tracing, and quarantines of possibly infected residents and travelers, the stringent measures paid off as restaurants and shops began reopening in early May.

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