Special pay for doctors treating COVID-19 patients

25/03/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday announced one-month special pay for doctors, nurses, medical staff and sanitary workers who have been treating patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 and were under quarantine.

Led by the Chief Minister, the Ministers and MLAs of the ruling party clapped their hands as a token of appreciation for the doctors and medical staff.

Pointing out that the government was implementing measures on a war-footing, he said district borders would be sealed and people should co-operate with the government.

He said there were difficulties in tracing the infected persons among those who had come from foreign countries because they had taken medicine for fever.

“Some people landed in Bengaluru and reached Chennai by road. We are not able to trace them. They should subject themselves to testing,” he said.

The Chief Minister said the government had quarantined those who had come from abroad.