DOH: Allowances based on health workers' COVID-19 exposure risk more efficient

Health workers attend to patients at the Mandaluyong City Medical Center on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — The new compensation system that would replace the special risk allowances given to healthcare workers aims to 'streamline' the processes, the Department of Health said Monday.

Last week, the DOH said the active hazard duty pay, meals, accommodation and transportation allowance, and the special risk allowance will be discontinued and replaced by a "more inclusive and responsive" One COVID-19 Allowance (OCA).

In an interview with CNN Philippines, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the new compensation system "will streamline everything and make transactions more efficient." 

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