The Public Health Ministry is advising people who have contracted Covid-19 in Bangkok to seek treatment at hospitals in nearby provinces as the 1330 hotline is overwhelmed with requests for treatment in the capital.
Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary for public health, said on Thursday that on Wednesday alone 70,300 calls were made to the 1330 hotline of the National Health Security Office – but the 700 operators could answer only half of them.
The people whose calls were not answered were in Bangkok and tested positive for Covid-19 via antigen tests, he said.
To serve them, the Public Health Ministry…
