Karnataka mulls 5 marks in NEET PG to Medicos, MBBS students involved in COVID related work

Medical Education Minister said that the government is also mulling to provide risk allowance to health workers who are working in the front line in this fight against COVID-19.

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"State government is thinking to double the salary of Group D workers and provide risk allowance to all front line workers. A final decision will be made in this regard in 2-3 days. Our doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, and all corona warriors are working tirelessly from the past 120 days. Naturally, this has taken a toll both physically and mental, mentally and caused fatigue. Our corona warriors are vulnerable to infection and the additional allowance is a small step towards boosting their morale," Minister said.

The government has set a target to increase testing gradually and 15,000 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. A nodal officer has been appointed to oversee testing, Minister said.

"A meeting was held today with all district commissioners to discuss about setting up of booth level task force committees. These committees will work proactively to contain Covid in both rural and urban areas," Sudhakar said.

A total of 1,925 cases of COVID-19 and 37 deaths were recorded in Karnataka in the last 24 hours. The total count of cases has gone to 23,474 on Monday.

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