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The cost of Covid-19 treatment with Molnupiravir anti-viral drug has dropped to THB600 per person as the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation is now capable of making the drug locally, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.

Covid-19 patients who develop moderate or severe symptoms can receive free treatment under the UCEP Plus scheme from Wednesday, Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit announced on Tuesday.

With Covid-19 no longer considered an emergency condition, the Social Security Office (SSO) has come up with guidelines to help SSO members who have contracted Covid-19.

A top health expert has urged Thailand to follow the example of other countries and stop testing people for Covid-19.

Chulalongkorn Hospital announced it would cut outpatient treatment by 50 per cent because of the rising number of new Omicron infections.

A cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved the Public Health Ministry’s new Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme for Covid-19 patients, called “UCEP Covid Plus”, which will go into effect from March 16, Department of Health Service Support director-general Dr Thares Krainairawiwong said on Thursday.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday that he would next week present to the Cabinet new conditions for treatment of Covid-19 patients under the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme, which will ensure that patients in all categories receive treatment at suitable facilities.

A cabinet meeting on Tuesday approved a Public Health Ministry proposal to adjust treatment expenses for Covid-19 patients under the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme, said deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek.

The Public Health Ministry said on Saturday that it will continue providing free treatment under the home and community isolation systems for Covid-19 patients even though the disease will no longer be included in the list of emergency conditions from Tuesday.

A new Covid-19 home-treatment service will launch on Tuesday (March 1), as Thailand begins a four-month transition from pandemic to endemic, the Public Health Ministry has announced.

The government has disbursed a total 101.34 billion baht to compensate public and private hospitals for treatment of Covid-19 patients, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said on Wednesday.

Covid-19 will be taken off the emergency treatment list on March 1 to maintain the stability of the Thai public health system, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Thursday.