{"id":33290,"date":"2021-06-20T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/20\/devastated-phuket-in-race-to-vaccinate-70-of-islanders-in-time-for-holiday-season"},"modified":"2021-06-20T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T06:00:15","slug":"devastated-phuket-in-race-to-vaccinate-70-of-islanders-in-time-for-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=33290","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Devastated\u2019 Phuket in race to vaccinate 70% of islanders in time for holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai region hopes jabs and \u2018sandbox\u2019 scheme will allow tourists to return and rejuvenate economy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In normal times, the convention centre at Phuket\u2019s Angsana Laguna resort hosts extravagant weddings and luxury business summits. Since April, it has served as one of seven centres on the frontline of the island\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/05\/thailand-tourism-phuket-covid-jabs-quarantine-holidays\">Covid vaccination campaign<\/a>. Behind the room\u2019s white satin curtains, medical staff in hair nets and blue aprons administer 1,800 doses each day.<\/p>\n<p>The island is racing to vaccinate as many people as possible in the hope that, if 70% of the population are vaccinated before 1 July, Phuket will become the first Thai destination to reopen to foreign tourists.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/20\/devastated-phuket-in-race-to-vaccinate-70-of-islanders-in-time-for-holiday-season\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai region hopes jabs and \u2018sandbox\u2019 scheme will allow tourists to return and rejuvenate economyCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn normal times, the convention centre at Phuket\u2019s Angsana Laguna resort hosts extravagant weddi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1066,93,527,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus","category-thailand","category-travel","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33291,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33290\/revisions\/33291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}