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Rs 30,000 to Sikkim patients stranded outside State

By A correspondent

GANGTOK, April 16 - The State Government has decided to provide a one-time medical assistance amounting to Rs 30,000 to patients from Sikkim stranded in other parts of the country.

In addition to this, the Government has also decided to provide all ASHA workers with an honorarium of Rs 5,000 in view of their role in the ongoing efforts to contain spread of COVID-19.

�I briefed the Governor on steps taken to distribute relief materials. An additional list of 29,000 beneficiaries will be provided by Sunday,� said Chief Minister PS Tamang.

Governor Ganga Prasad and the Chief Minister launched a portal, COVID-19 Transmission Chain Prevention System, of the Health and Family Welfare Department developed by the NIC. It has a self-reporting module wherein people who have returned to the State can register themselves. Those people will be observed for 14 days with constant monitoring.

The Governor also handed a cheque for Rs 11 lakh contributed by Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, CEO of MDH Spices, to the Chief Minister�s Relief Fund.

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