Kyrgyz government changes sums of compensations to COVID-19 frontliners

AKIPRESS.COM - A new order of payment of compensations to medical workers who contracted coronavirus infection at work was endorsed. Medical workers infected with COVID-19 at work will be paid 75,000 soms compensation. The family of the medical worker who died of COVID-19 will be paid 2.8 million soms compensation, Health Ministry's law department chief Azamat Jumakeyev said.
He reminded the compensations were paid under the resolution passed by the government in April 2020, when medical workers were paid 200,000 soms compensation and families of died medical workers received 1 million soms compensations.
"The President signed the changes in the law on compensations to medical workers in case of emergency state and emergency situation on June 29. A new order of payment of compensations was endorsed in connection with the signed law. Medical workers in COVID-19 red zones will be paid 75,000 soms compensations if they contract coronavirus infection. The family of the died COVID-19 frontliner will be paid 2.8 million soms compensation," he said.
Health Minister Alymkadyr Beishenaliev said earlier changed compensations are paid to medical workers since January 1, 2021.
The Health Minister said 1,137 medical workers received 200,000 soms compensations. 32 families of died medical workers got 1 million soms compensations each. 250 medical workers more will get 200,000 soms compensations.
1,200 applications were rejected.