NHS workers and carers in Wales will get £735 in a one-off bonus as the row continues over the Government s one per cent pay rise plan for health staff.
The country s health minister Vaughan Gething said the payment is not linked to any decision over a pay rise for them.
He said the one-off sum - which will see most workers take home £500 after tax and national insurance - is for their truly remarkable contribution during the pandemic.
Welsh ministers are awaiting independent recommendations regarding the pay of health service staff, but Mr Gething said they are not seeking an arbitrary cap like the one per cent increase recommended by the UK Government for staff in England.
Nurse Who Got COVID After First Vaccine Dose Had False Sense of Security
On 1/8/21 at 12:52 PM EST
A nurse who tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine has said the shot gave her a false sense of security.
The nurse, who works for Britain s National Health Service in the Hywel Dda University Health Board area of Wales, told the BBC she received one dose of the vaccine last month.
But three weeks after the first shot before receiving the second one the nurse, who wished to remain anonymous, began to experience quite severe symptoms, including a bad cough, high temperature and breathlessness.