Jharkhand announces one month’s extra salary for ‘Corona warriors’

New Delhi, April 27: In the positive development, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced one month’s additional salary to doctors and medical workers employed during the second surge of the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

 

Taking to his official Twitter handle, CM Soren made the announcement. "In these tough times, Corona warriors have been in the service of the people from dusk to dawn. Therefore, the State government has decided that doctors and medical workers employed in Covid-related works will be paid one month of their salary as encouragement money. My heartfelt gratitude to them all," he wrote.

 

 

 

 

The Chief Minister also thanked the Corona warriors for their vital role in battling covid. The step of the government is aimed at boosting the morale of the doctors, paramedics, and nurses who are the frontline warriors.

 

Jharkhand is seeing more than 100 deaths per day with more than 45,000 total active cases. The state govt has also announced free vaccination to all above the age of 18 from May 1.

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