The Public Health Ministry aims to achieve its target of classifying Covid-19 as an endemic disease in July, according to Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha.
Insurance companies in Thailand have been instructed to cover treatment expenses and daily compensation for Covid-19 policyholders who need to isolate even if these conditions are not included in the policy.
The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) has come out with guidelines on insurance payment for treatment of Covid-19 policyholders under home isolation (HI), community isolation (CI) or hotel isolation.
The National Health Insurance Fund has issued a one-month extension to current contract with hospital care providers which was set to end on December 31 ending after medics union had vowed not to sign the new working contract citing lack of public participation. The consortium of health professional association bodies led by Kenya Medical Association,.