PM Hasina announces incentives for physicians, nurses, health workers

Prime minister Sheikh HasinaFile photo: Prothom Alo

The government has decided to give incentives for physicians, nurses, health workers and other employees, who deployed themselves with bravery, in the war against COVID-19, prime minister Sheikh Hasina announced Tuesday.

"I want to reward those who were engaged directly in the fight against COVID-19 since March," she said.

The prime minister said this while delivering her introductory speech in a video conference with the public representatives and public officials from 15 districts of Chattogram and Sylhet divisions from her official residence Ganobahaban.