Thread: Thai Health Ministry Arranges Free, Isolated Seats on Transport for COVID-19 Returnee

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is cooperating with the National Health Security Office (NHSO) and related agencies to help COVID-19 patients to return to their home provinces without risk of spreading the virus.


Public Health Ministry deputy permanent secretary Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn said those with mild symptoms, who want to be treated in their hometowns, can request free, isolated seats on transport services. They must first contact the NHSO’s hotline 1330, or download its QR Code, to reserve their seat and most people are able to travel within three days of registering.


He said the government supports those who wish to make the trip, but they must ensure they do so safely and without infecting others. It is also a way of alleviating pressure on demand for Bangkok hospital beds. 31,175 infected people have left the capital during the lockdown.


Meanwhile, NHSO deputy secretary-general Attaporn Limpanyalert said home and community isolations are another way to enable COVID-19 patients to return to their home provinces, adding that patients have to register with the NHSO, so they can be medically monitored and treated during home isolation.


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Here in Ubon our numbers have been low, I think that is about to change. The people from BKK came here ,now hospitals are full and they're telling people to just go home and self isolate. That is the catch, home isolation won't work.

Public Health Ministry deputy permanent secretary Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn said those with mild symptoms, who want to be treated in their hometowns, can request free, isolated seats on transport services.

But of course the asymptomatic can just spread the fucker how they like.