Review Covid emergency treatment criteria, Cabinet tells health ministry as cases go above 18,000 on Tuesday (Feb 22)

A health worker from Thanyarak Pattani Hospital conducts a swab test on a woman for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Pattani Central Mosqe in Pattani. - AFP

BANGKOK, Feb 22 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The Thailand Cabinet on Tuesday asked the Public Health Ministry to review its pending removal of Covid-19 from the list of conditions eligible for free emergency treatment.

The ministry is due to remove Covid from the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) scheme on March 1.