Thailand warns Covid-19 surge pushing hospitals to the brink

Thailand's Phuket will ban travel from the rest of the country from Aug 3-16 to try to stop a surge in coronavirus cases from spreading to the resort island, but overseas visitors will be largely unaffected, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Phuket is at the heart of efforts to revive Thailand's tourism industry, a major revenue earner that has been devastated by the pandemic.