In Thailand, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) is responsible to pay out vaccine compensation to all Thai citizens who have adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccination regardless of their public health insurance scheme entitlements. So far, the NHSO has paid out 1 billion baht to 9,551 people who received undesirable effects after vaccination. The vaccine compensation ranged between 100,000 to 400,000 baht per person, depending on the severity of conditions.
For more information, read the full news article originally published in Bangkok Post.
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