BANGKOK, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday transferred 3,500 baht (about 112.57 U.S. dollars) in cash each to over 1 million village health volunteers nationwide, a senior government official said.
According to Public Health Ministry spokeswoman Panprapa Yongtrakul, the prime minister provided the money as a special grant for 1.05 million village health volunteers, who have worked hard to carry out anti-pandemic measures in all provinces of the country.
The special grant, directly transferred to individual bank accounts of those village health volunteers, was considered a retroactive pay covering a period from March to September, worth 500 baht (16.08 U.S. dollars) each month, she said.
The Prayut government has also arranged domestic leisure tours with some financial support for the village health volunteers. Enditem
