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Anutin insists govt will cover Covid treatment cost despite review

Anutin insists govt will cover Covid treatment cost despite review

Rule change won’t affect critical cases

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insists the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme for treating Covid-19 sufferers is not being scrapped following his signing off on changes to the programme.

Mr Anutin said he formally approved the changes on Feb 18, which will go into effect on March 1.

He also sought to ease people’s fears the scheme would be abolished, saying people infected with the virus can still obtain treatment under the programme.

Under the UCEP scheme, patients can seek treatment at any medical facility for three days, after which they will be transferred to a hospital…

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