The National Health Security Office (NHSO) Board has agreed to a proposal to secure a 51-billion-baht loan by executive decree. The loan will fund reimbursement claims for Covid-related services for 10 months.
Acquiring the loan began in earnest after a meeting on Feb 7, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, when it was agreed that a proposal to the NHSO board would encompass reimbursement claims from December last year to September this year.
The loan distribution is further divided into two segments: 34.52 billion baht for the period Dec 2021 to February 2022, and 16.53 billion baht for March to September 2022.
For the first segment, Covid-19 service costs will be…
