Central Festival Samui opens Covid test centre for Test & Go, Sandbox tourists

Petch PetpailinPublished: 16:21, 10 February 2022| Updated: 16:21, 10 February 2022

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Central Festival Samui opens Covid test centre for Test & Go, Sandbox tourists

Photo via Central Samui

A Covid-19 testing centre has opened on Koh Samui to travellers entering under either the Sandbox or Test & Go travel schemes. Koh Samui Hospital and Bangkok Hospital Samui have teamed up with Central Festival Samui to open the “Samui Swab Centre” to offer convenient Covid-19 RT-PCT tests for tourists who are required to take two tests after entering Thailand.

The centre at the island’s major shopping mall is intended to be a more convenient location for tourists than going to Koh Samui Hospital. Samui District Chief shared that tourists were pleased with the service.

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