Public health officials conduct testing on teachers and students to prevent any infection with Covid-19 virus on the first day of school after being closed for a year due to the pandemic in Narathiwat on Friday. (AFP photo)
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has been urged to reconsider the decision to exclude Covid-19 treatments from the list of conditions covered by the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme, as the number of new infections is still on the rise.
Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said the time simply wasn’t right to make changes to the scheme, especially since the country had just reported 16,330 new cases and 25 deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday — the highest since Aug 29 last year.
He said he will ask Mr Anutin to delay the rule’s implementation…
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