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News: The Social Welfare Department will revoke the compulsory testing allowance for staff in residential institutions and plan to reduce it to one testing every 10 days

2021-06-22T08:19:19.886Z


At present, employees in residential care homes for the elderly and disabled employees who have not been vaccinated against the new crown virus are required to go for new crown virus testing every 14 days. According to the news, the Social Welfare Department will cancel the related 200 yuan allowance as soon as next Friday (25th), and plans to


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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2021-06-18 19:56

Last update date: 2021-06-18 19:58

At present, employees in residential care homes for the elderly and disabled employees who have not been vaccinated against the new crown virus are required to go for new crown virus testing every 14 days.

According to the news, the Social Welfare Department will cancel the related 200 yuan allowance as soon as next Friday (25th) and plan to shorten the mandatory testing period from 14 days to 10 days, that is, increase from twice to three times a month.

According to sources, in order to encourage the vaccinations against the new crown, employees in institutions who have completed the vaccination before the end of August will receive a special allowance of 800 yuan and do not require regular testing.

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It is understood that the Social Welfare Department will abolish the mandatory testing allowance for employees in residential care homes for the elderly and the disabled from next Friday (25th) as soon as possible. Instead, it will grant a special allowance of 800 yuan to employees who have completed two doses of vaccinations before the end of August to encourage vaccination and Consider shortening the mandatory testing period from 14 days to 10 days.

The source also pointed out that if family members and residents have completed vaccination, there is no need for pre-testing, and the elderly and their families are encouraged to get vaccinated.

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