Pinoy health workers in Germany to get Covid care bonus
MANILA - Filipino health care workers (HCWs) are among the beneficiaries of Germany's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) care bonus for medical front-liners in its healthcare institutions, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Tuesday. Citing the report of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Berlin, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the host country has allocated 1 billion euros for the incentive, which will be split equally between nurses in care homes and nurses in hospitals. HCWs engaged in elderly care will receive an incentive ranging from 60 to 550 ...