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New Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister announces extended medical insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh for Health department staff who fight against coronavirus pandemic and treating affected patients

Union Finance Minister announced that doctors, paramedics, nurses, 'Asha' workers, cleaning workers involved in the fight against coronavirus will avail an extended medical insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh each.

The scheme will help 20 lakh health professionals and workers across the country in case they want to avail it.

She in her announcement applauded the role played by doctors and other workers in the health sector and said that they are being called 'gods in white attire' by the public and coronavirus- affected patients alike.

The measures come as a major relief for the health workers who put their lives at stake while treating coronavirus patients. Several doctors across the world, including India, have been infected by the deadly virus.

Economic relief package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore for the poor and migrant workers is also announced at the occasion.  Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan Yojana announces providing food to the poor and money in their hands in the wake of Covid-19 spread.

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