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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Treasury this week released $75 million towards the compensation of health workers who were infected by COVID-19 in the line of duty, the Health Services Board (HSB) has confirmed.<\/p>\n

The Public Service Commission (PSC) last year announced that government employees who contract the coronavirus in their line of duty will be entitled to financial benefits.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Soldiers Receive COVID-19 Funds, Civil Servants Embittered<\/p>\n

Those who succumb to COVID-19 in their line of duty would be entitled to a full year\u2019s salary paid to their family, on top of the usual benefits associated with their work.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Herald soon after the just-ended eighth continental 2021 Africa Public Services Day (APSD) in Victoria Falls, Health Services Board chair Paulinus Sikhosana said:<\/p>\n

A total of 4 444 health workers have been infected by Covid-19 and so far, those that were paid are 432, which is a total of $23 million. The delays in payment were due to administrative factors.<\/p>\n

The other issue is that we can only consider health staff if they themselves initiate and submit and apply for compensation.<\/p>\n

That has been the major limiting factor because the administrations in some of our institutions and even the associations themselves have not been availing of that information promptly.<\/p>\n

\u2026 This week we received an additional $75 million from Treasury towards the compensation of health workers and this will cover about 1 367 additional claims from the health workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Treasury this week released $75 million towards the compensation of health workers who were infected by COVID-19 in the line of duty, the Health Services Board (HSB) has confirmed. 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