B4.6bn boost for Covid battle
Medicines, high-risk staff given priority
The Public Health Ministry has been allocated 4.66 billion baht from the government’s central budget to help fight the new Covid-19 outbreak.
Deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said the funds would enable the ministry to respond to the latest outbreak in a timely fashion. The central budget is set aside for the ministry’s agencies tasked with battling the coronavirus.
About 2.1 billion baht will be…
