7,000 frontline military and civilian staff to receive 5 million euros as thank you for combating COVID-19
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The Ministry of Defence will reward the frontline military and civilian staff with a cash bonus as a thank you for serving in the fight against COVID-19′s first wave.
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “I can confirm that we′ve decided to pay a cash bonus to 6,972 servicemen and women and civilian employees who were on the frontline in direct contact with those infected. For the MOD, the figure equates to around 4.67 million euros and I am very thankful to the Finance Minister, the Prime Minister and my colleagues for engaging in excellent debate and cooperation on this matter.”
“In addition, I want to underscore the excellent way the Ministry of Defence and Slovak Armed Forces presented themselves during the first wave of the coronavirus crisis. We demonstrated to be an absolutely clear and well-functioning cogwheel in domestic crisis management operations and, indeed, we often intervened in such areas where people hardly imagined we would,” he emphasised.
He thanked all those who participated on the frontline in the battle against the pandemic. “Special recognition goes out to military doctors, the people who assisted our servicemen and women and the police corps in protecting public order at the border crossings. We also performed transport tasks and distributed personal protective equipment and medical supplies across the whole of Slovakia, including to civilian hospitals. And the Central Military Hospital Ružomberok did a fantastic job. Last but not least, we provided accommodation at our facilities for thousands of people in quarantine.”
Among the rewarded staff will be those who genuinely served on the frontline or supported the processes and services essential for sustaining the nation’s response to COVID-19. Minister Naď revealed that 90% of the rewarded staff are service members and military policemen, including those who deployed on mixed patrols with members of the SVK Police Corps; those who served in the marginalised Roma communities; those who maintained order and security at MOD-run quarantine centres; and those who assisted in taking swab samples. Also included in the figure are employees of the Central Military Hospital Ružomberok, Training Centre Lešť, Armed Forces Academy Liptovský Mikuláš, and other Defence establishments, including the Military Hygiene and Epidemiology Office and the Crisis Management Section, SVK MOD.
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “I can confirm that we′ve decided to pay a cash bonus to 6,972 servicemen and women and civilian employees who were on the frontline in direct contact with those infected. For the MOD, the figure equates to around 4.67 million euros and I am very thankful to the Finance Minister, the Prime Minister and my colleagues for engaging in excellent debate and cooperation on this matter.”
“In addition, I want to underscore the excellent way the Ministry of Defence and Slovak Armed Forces presented themselves during the first wave of the coronavirus crisis. We demonstrated to be an absolutely clear and well-functioning cogwheel in domestic crisis management operations and, indeed, we often intervened in such areas where people hardly imagined we would,” he emphasised.
He thanked all those who participated on the frontline in the battle against the pandemic. “Special recognition goes out to military doctors, the people who assisted our servicemen and women and the police corps in protecting public order at the border crossings. We also performed transport tasks and distributed personal protective equipment and medical supplies across the whole of Slovakia, including to civilian hospitals. And the Central Military Hospital Ružomberok did a fantastic job. Last but not least, we provided accommodation at our facilities for thousands of people in quarantine.”
Among the rewarded staff will be those who genuinely served on the frontline or supported the processes and services essential for sustaining the nation’s response to COVID-19. Minister Naď revealed that 90% of the rewarded staff are service members and military policemen, including those who deployed on mixed patrols with members of the SVK Police Corps; those who served in the marginalised Roma communities; those who maintained order and security at MOD-run quarantine centres; and those who assisted in taking swab samples. Also included in the figure are employees of the Central Military Hospital Ružomberok, Training Centre Lešť, Armed Forces Academy Liptovský Mikuláš, and other Defence establishments, including the Military Hygiene and Epidemiology Office and the Crisis Management Section, SVK MOD.
