Hazard Allowance Approved for Officials Facing COVID Risks

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BANGKOK, March 23 (TNA) – The cabinet allocated 811 million baht from the government's central fund to be the hazard allowance of officials handling COVID-19 patients. They will receive the 500-baht monthly allowance for six months.

 

Deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said that the 811.77-million-baht budget was for the 270,590 sub-district chiefs, village heads, sub-district health officials, sub-district inspectors, assistant village heads and territorial defense volunteers who were duty-bound to. cope with COVID-19 outbreaks. They will retroactively receive 500 baht a month each from last October to March.

 

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[Will B Good]

...........sub-district chiefs, village heads, sub-district health officials, sub-district inspectors, assistant village heads and finally, if there is anything left..................... to the territorial defense volunteers...............who are probably the only ones at any serious risk

[Emdog]

To continue with Will's points: no money for nurses? doctors? staff? you know, those that came face to face with real life patients....

The other batch getting snouts in the trough... disgusting but expected.

[richard_smith237]

Utterly greedy and disgusting... 

 

'Pigs at the trough’.... that really is all that this is about....  

 

 

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, Will B Good said:

...........sub-district chiefs, village heads, sub-district health officials, sub-district inspectors, assistant village heads and finally, if there is anything left..................... to the territorial defense volunteers...............who are probably the only ones at any serious risk

You've been paying attention I see.

[mikebell]

Now I understand why police don't visit the many 'restaurants' that have sprung up on Soi Sex Pattaya - there's no allowance for them.

[mtls2005]

No issue with front-line health-care workers, especially the 1 million village health care providers, getting a booster.

 

 

 

Hazard pay for the headman? Some of these others: sub-district chiefs, village heads, sub-district inspectors, assistant village heads and territorial defense volunteers? Nope.