The Andhra Pradesh Government led by the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on the 14th of Juje, assured the frontline workers and fulfilled the ex gratia demand of junior doctors.
Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, announced the exgratia to the medical staff who died while performing the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) duties. According to the announced ex gratia, Rs. 25 lakhs to the family of the doctor who died in the line of duty, followed bt Rs. 20 lakh to the staff nurse, Rs. 15 lakhs to the FSO or MSO.
The State Government released an official notification regarding the same. As per the released orders, the ex-gratia would be paid in addition to the Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan scheme paid by the Central Government.
In regard to this, the Andhra Pradesh CM asked district collectors to ensure ex-gratia. District Collectors have been directed to look into the relevant documents and grant ex-gratia to the beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh on terms of COVID-19 situation, the State have witnessed a decline in the Coronavirus cases for the last month. The deaths have also seen a drastic fall from the last four days with 58 fatalities on the 13th of June, compared to 100 per day in recent past thanks to the frontline warriors who are working relentlessly to treat the covid patients.
According to the health bulletin released on Sunday in the last 24 hours, 1,02,876 people in Andhra Pradesh underwent coronavirus tests and 6770 were diagnosed with coronavirus positive taking the total number of cases to 18,09,844. On the other hand, 12,492 people have recovered from the dreadful virus taking the total recoveries to 17,12,262. Currently there are 85,637 active cases. As many as 2.04 people in the state have undergone corona diagnosis tests.
