In order to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus and to offer businesses and workers as soon as possible solutions that would significantly alleviate the short-term economic problems caused by the global pandemic, a business and employee support group led by Finance Minister Jānis Reirs was set up immediately after the emergency. JV).
This working group has reviewed and supported the provision of contingency funding of EUR 8 million to the MoE to provide bonuses to medical practitioners and other high-risk workers from 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020. and load conditions in relation to the prevention of the Covid-19 outbreak and its consequences. The issue was also supported at the March 26 meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
In order to receive the necessary funding calculated for March and April, the MoD first prepared the unavoidable request and submitted it to the Ministry of Finance on June 4, but later it was withdrawn due to errors in the calculation of benefits for family doctors. The Ministry of Finance made clarifications in the request, which was submitted by the Ministry of Finance only on June 29.
The Ministry of Finance has been reviewing the VM’s request these days, but on July 2, the VM made clarifications because errors were found in it.
The MoF examined the MoF’s request and its clarifications and has prepared a draft MoF order to provide MoF funding to pay a surcharge of € 3.6 million for March and April to physicians working in emergency situations to deal with the effects of the Covid-19 virus.
The Latvian Hospital Association has previously informed that none of the municipal hospitals has received reimbursement for bonuses for physicians who have worked with emergency conditions to prevent the spread of Covid-19, moreover, only 53% of municipal hospitals have been able to pay bonuses for their work.
On his part, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Āris Kasparāns told the media on Thursday that applications for reimbursement of allowances granted to doctors who had worked to prevent the effects of Covid-19 in March and April had already been submitted to the MoF, thus the process is coming to an end.
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