3,000 hotels in Phuket, Thailand closed.

Yes, Phuket is the second largest tourist destination in Thailand after Bangkok. Today, almost all 3,000 hotels on the island are closed, and the main town of Badong has become a "ghost town".

So far, Thailand has been relatively unaffected by the global epidemic, with about 3,600 confirmed cases and only dozens of deaths. However, the king's decision to fight the virus has dealt a severe blow to the country's economy, which is expected to shrink by 7-9% this year and lead to millions of people losing their jobs.

Jantima Tongsrijern, manager of Pum Pui Bar, sighed, "My boss wants to help employees keep their jobs, but I don't think we can survive the end of this year."

In normal times, 80% of the island's profits come from tourism, with more than 300,000 employees. Today, thousands of people who lost their jobs have returned to their hometown provinces.

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Thailand extended the emergency law to the end of 10;

Thai Prime Minister Ba Yu presided over the meeting of COVID-19 Epidemic Management Center on September 28th. The meeting discussed and decided to extend the implementation period of the emergency law scheduled to expire at the end of this month by one month to the end of 10.

This is the sixth time that Thailand has extended the deadline since the implementation of the emergency law on March 26th. The Emergency Law gives the government the power to implement compulsory isolation measures, simplifies the examination and approval procedures of epidemic prevention and control plans, and ensures the smooth cooperation among various departments.

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