Officials help Covid-19 vaccine recipients fill in forms before inoculation at Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok on Sunday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)
Ending the government’s burden of paying for Covid-19 treatment is more important than declaring the disease endemic, so the health minister is proposing to reclassify it as a “disease under surveillance”.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday the Public Health Ministry wanted Covid-19 to be reclassified as a disease under surveillance instead of a dangerous communicable disease.
He said that with the redefinition of the disease, the government would not have to cover its treatment costs. As the Covid-19 situation improved and the severity of the disease…
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