UCS gives free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen
Thai Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) provides free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen, regardless of their registered healthcare schemes.
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Dr. Sakchai Kanjanawatana, Secretary-General of National Health Security Office (NHSO) operating UCS, said that conducting extensive testing was an essential measure that could control the spread of the coronavirus effectively.
Since the outbreak disrupted Thailand early this year, NHSO placed free COVID-19 testing in UCS benefit package immediately and extend its coverage to beneficiaries of other healthcare schemes such as Social Security Scheme and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits.
"Free COVID-19 testing for everyone is the most important healthcare benefit during the pandemic. It aims to find infectious cases and get them into treatment as soon as possible so we can contain the virus quickly," said Dr. Sakchai.
Between 2 Mar and 22 May, Thailand has conducted 375,453 tests in total. Around 171,440 out of those were provided by the NHSO, equivalent to 418-million-baht budget covered by UCS.
Social Security Scheme beneficiaries received testing covered by the NHSO the most, accounting to 52.31% of the tests, follow by UHC 28.86% and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits 14.88%. The rest of the tests was for people with other healthcare packages, including private health insurance.
One by three of the tests were conducted for people living in Bangkok, the hardest-hit province by the coronavirus.
As the outbreak is unlikely to end soon, the NHSO targets to provide 1.4 million tests by the end of this year, and other 3.25 million in next year.
NHSO also prepares a 1.32-billion-baht budget for providing COVID-19 vaccine to four million people when it becomes available. Currently, global pharmaceutical companies are developing the vaccine and making good progress.
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UCS gives free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen
Thai Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) provides free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen, regardless of their registered healthcare schemes.
Dr. Sakchai Kanjanawatana, Secretary-General of National Health Security Office (NHSO) operating UCS, said that conducting extensive testing was an essential measure that could control the spread of the coronavirus effectively.
Since the outbreak disrupted Thailand early this year, NHSO placed free COVID-19 testing in UCS benefit package immediately and extend its coverage to beneficiaries of other healthcare schemes such as Social Security Scheme and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits.
"Free COVID-19 testing for everyone is the most important healthcare benefit during the pandemic. It aims to find infectious cases and get them into treatment as soon as possible so we can contain the virus quickly," said Dr. Sakchai.
Between 2 Mar and 22 May, Thailand has conducted 375,453 tests in total. Around 171,440 out of those were provided by the NHSO, equivalent to 418-million-baht budget covered by UCS.
Social Security Scheme beneficiaries received testing covered by the NHSO the most, accounting to 52.31% of the tests, follow by UHC 28.86% and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits 14.88%. The rest of the tests was for people with other healthcare packages, including private health insurance.
One by three of the tests were conducted for people living in Bangkok, the hardest-hit province by the coronavirus.
As the outbreak is unlikely to end soon, the NHSO targets to provide 1.4 million tests by the end of this year, and other 3.25 million in next year.
NHSO also prepares a 1.32-billion-baht budget for providing COVID-19 vaccine to four million people when it becomes available. Currently, global pharmaceutical companies are developing the vaccine and making good progress.
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UCS gives free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen
Thai Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) provides free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen, regardless of their registered healthcare schemes.
Dr. Sakchai Kanjanawatana, Secretary-General of National Health Security Office (NHSO) operating UCS, said that conducting extensive testing was an essential measure that could control the spread of the coronavirus effectively.
Since the outbreak disrupted Thailand early this year, NHSO placed free COVID-19 testing in UCS benefit package immediately and extend its coverage to beneficiaries of other healthcare schemes such as Social Security Scheme and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits.
"Free COVID-19 testing for everyone is the most important healthcare benefit during the pandemic. It aims to find infectious cases and get them into treatment as soon as possible so we can contain the virus quickly," said Dr. Sakchai.
Between 2 Mar and 22 May, Thailand has conducted 375,453 tests in total. Around 171,440 out of those were provided by the NHSO, equivalent to 418-million-baht budget covered by UCS.
Social Security Scheme beneficiaries received testing covered by the NHSO the most, accounting to 52.31% of the tests, follow by UHC 28.86% and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits 14.88%. The rest of the tests was for people with other healthcare packages, including private health insurance.
One by three of the tests were conducted for people living in Bangkok, the hardest-hit province by the coronavirus.
As the outbreak is unlikely to end soon, the NHSO targets to provide 1.4 million tests by the end of this year, and other 3.25 million in next year.
NHSO also prepares a 1.32-billion-baht budget for providing COVID-19 vaccine to four million people when it becomes available. Currently, global pharmaceutical companies are developing the vaccine and making good progress.
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UCS gives free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen
Thai Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) provides free COVID-19 testing to every Thai citizen, regardless of their registered healthcare schemes.
Dr. Sakchai Kanjanawatana, Secretary-General of National Health Security Office (NHSO) operating UCS, said that conducting extensive testing was an essential measure that could control the spread of the coronavirus effectively.
Since the outbreak disrupted Thailand early this year, NHSO placed free COVID-19 testing in UCS benefit package immediately and extend its coverage to beneficiaries of other healthcare schemes such as Social Security Scheme and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits.
"Free COVID-19 testing for everyone is the most important healthcare benefit during the pandemic. It aims to find infectious cases and get them into treatment as soon as possible so we can contain the virus quickly," said Dr. Sakchai.
Between 2 Mar and 22 May, Thailand has conducted 375,453 tests in total. Around 171,440 out of those were provided by the NHSO, equivalent to 418-million-baht budget covered by UCS.
Social Security Scheme beneficiaries received testing covered by the NHSO the most, accounting to 52.31% of the tests, follow by UHC 28.86% and Civil Servant Healthcare Benefits 14.88%. The rest of the tests was for people with other healthcare packages, including private health insurance.
One by three of the tests were conducted for people living in Bangkok, the hardest-hit province by the coronavirus.
As the outbreak is unlikely to end soon, the NHSO targets to provide 1.4 million tests by the end of this year, and other 3.25 million in next year.
NHSO also prepares a 1.32-billion-baht budget for providing COVID-19 vaccine to four million people when it becomes available. Currently, global pharmaceutical companies are developing the vaccine and making good progress.
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