Following the CCSA’s decision yesterday to lower the insurance coverage required of overseas arrivals, the health minister agrees the new figure is enough to cover Covid treatment, based on the latest findings.
Anutin Charnvirakul says figures from the National Health Security Office indicate that treatment costs for severe Covid cases are usually around 300,000 baht per person, which is less than 10,000 US dollars. So from March 1st, mandatory coverage for overseas arrivals will be reduced from 50,000 US dollars to 20,000.
At its meeting yesterday, the CCSA decided to cut the insurance requirements, as well as ditching the day 5 PCR test from March 1.
Currently, all overseas arrivals have to show a negative PCR result that was taken 72 hours before departure, take another PCR test on arrival and again on day 5 of their stay. Both tests in Thailand require a mandatory booking in…
