Decision on allowances for employees infected with COVID-19 published in Moldova's Official Journal

Chisinau, 15 May /MOLDPRES/ - More than 400 employees from Moldova, who were infected with COVID-19 while fulfilling their job duties, will benefit from one-off allowances. To this end, the cabinet will earmark over 6.5 million lei from the intervention fund; a decision on the matter was published in the Official Journal (Monitorul Oficial) today.     

Under the decision approved by the government, the money for the providing of allowances will be directed to the Interior Ministry, Health, Labour and Social Protection Ministry, as well as to local authorities. Thus, the sums needed, according to applications, will be transferred to the Chisinau and Balti municipal councils, district councils of Cahul, Causeni, Donduseni, Edinet, Falesti, Floresti, Glodeni, Orhei, Rezina, Rascani, Sangerei, Soroca, Stefan Voda and Telenesti.

The aforementioned public authorities, as beneficiaries of the financial means allocated, will process, in the way established, the necessary documents for the financing of the concerned expenses through the institutions where the concerned people work.  

According to the Instruction No 14 of Moldova’s Commission for Emergency Situations, ‘’a one-off allowance worth 16,000 lei is established: for the employees infected with COVID-19 from the National Public Health Agency, medical institutions, including the detached staff, subordinated to the Interior Ministry, Defence Ministry, National Administration of Penitentiaries, hospital public medical and sanitary institutions, of pre-hospital emergency medical assistance, of primary medical assistance.’’ At the same time, ‘’also the employees of other authorities/budgetary institutions and public medical and sanitary institutions, who were infected with COVID-19 while fulfilling their job duties, will benefit from this allowance.’’      

Source: www.monitorul.md