A total of 1.09 million people applied to the office between March 24 and May 13 for benefits. The SSO said that 776,441 people had been paid, totalling Bt4.465 billion, but many more people were expected to seek benefits in the future. 
The SSO revealed that there were 190,245 members whose employers had not confirmed their right to receive the benefit. The SSO has tried to contacted the employers for confirmation, but some of them had closed their businesses. 
The SSO has provided those business owners loans of up to Bt30,000 to support financial liquidity for their employees.

SSO opens centre to process Covid-19-related claims

The Social Security Office (SSO) opened its Covid-19 centre on Friday (May 15), to follow up on jobless claims from members affected by Covid-19, as well as receive appeals from those denied social security benefits as a force majeure case.