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Tourist Hotspot Phuket’s Reopening Delayed by New Virus Case
- Thailand reported first local infection in 100 days last week
- Phuket was set to welcome foreign visitors starting next month
Tourists at a resort in Phuket on March 20.
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Thailand’s plan to reopen its tropical island of Phuket to foreign visitors next month has hit a speed bump with the nation ending a 100-day streak of no local community coronavirus transmission last week.