Post-Songkran COVID hotline set up
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY Office (NHSO) has confirmed a hotline has been set up to cope with the expected rise in COVID-19 infections after this month’s Songkran festival.
NHSO deputy secretary-general Atthaporn Limpanyalert said on Apr 5 the 1330 (ext 18) hotline will deal with calls from cases among vulnerable groups including elderly, those with underlying illnesses, people with disabilities, children up to 5 years of age, and bed-ridden patients.
He added the NHSO will register them initially for home isolation and then find hospital beds for them.
Non-vulnerable cases can call 1330 (ext 14) and officials will advise them on their treatment process, which can be health screening and supply of medicine at hospitals, or home isolation for infected and green-coded people with no or mild symptoms.
If the hotline is busy, people can conduct registration by themselves via NHSO’s website: https://crmsup.nhso.go.th/#TicketHI, or its LINE account: @nhso or https://lin.ee/zzn3pU6.