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Govt receives 131 claims under insurance scheme for 'Covid-19 warriors'

The insurance scheme for health workers in government hospitals and healthcare centres, operationalised for a period of three months from March 30, has been extended up to September

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"Without their commitment and supreme sacrifice, the figures of one million Covid-19 recoveries would not have been impossible," he said.

Press Trust of India New Delhi

2 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2020 | 10:16 PM IST

The central government has received 131 claims under an insurance scheme for healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 related duty and payments have already been made in 20 of them, an officer said on Thursday.

The claims are coming in a bit slow as families are initially in a state of shock when a death occurs and, therefore, it takes time to do the necessary paperwork, Officer on Special Duty in the Health Ministry Rajesh Bhushan said at a press briefing.

"Under the scheme, we have received 131 claims. Out of these 131 claims, payments have already been made in 20

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