"Compensation"

Syn Mun Kong Insurance Plc (SMK) on Thursday confirmed it will continue to pay out on ordinary policy claims and is studying guidelines to compensate Covid-19 insurance policyholders as part of its business rehab plan.

More than 200 people gathered at Mae Ram Phueng Beach in Rayong province on Friday to demand compensation for the January 25 oil spill.

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has paid 1.71 billion baht in compensation to 14,034 people who developed side effects from Covid-19 vaccines over the past year.

The National Health Security Office has so far paid Bt1.509 billion as compensation to 12,714 people who developed side-effects after they received Covid-19 vaccines.

Faced with unceasing trouble even after two months of flooding, angry Suphan Buri shrimp farmers slapped government agencies with as many as 210 lawsuits on Thursday for their water "mismanagement". They are demanding compensation to the tune of THB142 million for damages incurred.

Surat Thani’s National Health Security Office on Saturday agreed to pay 400,000 baht in compensation to a 20-year-old student whose left leg had to be amputated after she got her second AstraZeneca jab.

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has delivered preliminary assistance of more than 230 million baht to 3,626 people who suffered adverse symptoms after the Covid-19 vaccination.

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has so far received 3,888 applications for its vaccination compensation programme, with 99 requests still pending further information.

More than 100 spa and massage parlour owners filed a lawsuit against the government on Tuesday and are demanding 200 million baht in compensation.

The Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) has warned that employers who deduct from salaries the THB2,500 compensation provided by the government will be fined as well as imprisoned.

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved relief measures for those affected by the curfew and Covid-19 restrictions imposed in Greater Bangkok and the deep South.

People flocked to their nearest Social Security Office on Thursday to register so they can claim compensation under the government’s new relief measures.