Queuing up for Covid relief
People suffering hardship during the Covid-19 crisis queued at Hatyai Wittayalai School on Friday (April 24) to receive necessities donated by teachers, parents and philanthropists in Songkhla province.
The school has set up three distribution points, where social distancing measures are in effect to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus. Among those queuing up for donations of food and other essentials were elderly people, as well as people who had been rejected by the government’s Bt5,000 handout scheme. The first batch of relief payments were delivered to the bank accounts of eligible citizens on Friday.
Pittaya, a 45-year-old trader who was queuing up at the school, said that her application for the payments was currently being reviewed.
The relief-payments scheme is offering eligible citizens Bt5,000 per month for three months. To be eligible, candidates must be Thai nationals aged over 18, be self-employed, self-employed, freelance or non-permanent employees who are not insured under the social security system.
