B700bn loan gets govt nod 38 New decree to save virus-hit economy published : 19 May 2021 at 04:00 38 Workers form a long line as they wait to undergo a Covid-19 test at their construction site in Bangkok's Laksi district on Tuesday. Residents in communities around the site are also being tested. So far, 680 of the 1,667 workers have tested positive. Of them, 120 are being treated in hospital. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The cabinet has approved the draft of an executive decree authorising the government to borrow an additional 700 billion baht to revitalise the economy battered by the latest wave of Covid-19 infections, a government source said.