Insurance companies reveal COVID-19 vaccine policies – Investigative Information & News Center for Civil Rights (TCIJ)

‘Thai News Agency News Team’ reveals insurance companies have launched a vaccine against the COVID-19 vaccine after the first lot of vaccine to Thailand Starting fee 70-1,000 baht per year to support the first lot of vaccinations.

Thai News Agency Reported at the end of February 2021 that the Office of Insurance Commission and OIC has approved messages and insurance premium rates. Affected cases of fast-tag COVID-19 vaccination to give people confidence in vaccination. If vaccine allergy occurs Currently, there are 6 approved non-life insurance companies, premium starting from 70-1,000 baht per year and COVID-19 allergy insurance coverage, divided into 5 types, type 1 sickness benefit. Or affected after vaccination It causes terminal illness, coma, brain death and nervous system failure. Will receive the compensation as specified

Type 2 Benefits from medical treatment as an inpatient In the case of post-vaccination and allergic, type 3 treatment is required. Inpatient Compensation Benefit In case of vaccination and allergies, hospitalization is required. Type 4 Daily compensation benefits from being inpatient In case of vaccination and allergies, hospitalization is required. If a person is first diagnosed with a COVID-19 vaccine allergic Will pay compensation according to the sum insured.

The Thai news agency team also explored the insurance company website, it has begun to advertise the COVID-19 allergy insurance policy, for example, Dhipaya Insurance Public Company Limited has two coverage plans, the first 70 baht, the second, 120 baht, which covers Coma due to COVID-19 allergy up to 1,000,000 baht, including cover for inpatient hospitalization due to vaccine allergies And another company is Bangkok Insurance Company There are 3 protection plans, insurance premiums starting from 99 baht to 859 baht, and the coverage such as inpatient medical expenses starts from 10,000-100,000 baht, consolation money for medical treatment for at least 5 consecutive days, starting at 5,000-50,000. Baht and in the case of terminally ill or cover coma 100,000-1,000,000 baht

While Dr. Sophon Mekthon, Chairman of the Sub-committee for the Immunization of COVID-19 Revealed to the Thai news agency that Vaccines provided by the government and the Ministry of Health Both from Sinovac Biotech and Astra Seneca Is safe But there is a chance of experiencing side effects after injection Common symptoms, such as aches at the injection site, and pain are common with the vaccine. Because the vaccine is foreign When it enters the body, it will react. But there will be more or less symptoms depending on the person as well. There are side effects such as a full rash, gasping for breath, suffocation is a serious symptom. Must come to the hospital

For the COVID-19 vaccine The government has provided for injecting to the public. There are a total of 2 types, the first 2,000,000 doses from Sinovac Biotech Company, produced by lethal infection techniques The current vaccine that uses this production method is influenza vaccine. Rabies vaccine And injectable polio vaccine The other vaccine that Thailand provides is 61 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, produced with a weakened inoculation technique.