The Conglese government will use the budget allocation for the celebration of 60th anniversary of independence to reward bonuses to medical staff fighting the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was taken on the 12 of June 2020, during the 35th session virtual meeting of the Council of Ministers , presided by President Felix Tshisekedi. Also to benefit are the police and military personnel.
In the past weeks local health officials, treating coronavirus patients, have complained about not having received their salaries for months and working under poor conditions. Some civil society organisation, including the youth movement LUCHA, wants the state to reduce expenditure on senior government officials, including ministers, so that money goes towards fighting the virus.
The lastest figures for cases of coronavirus in the Democratic Republic of Congo stands at 4724, with 106 deaths.
Earlier in the week Noble Peace Prize winner, Dr Denis Mukwege, resigned as the head of the recovery team in the South Kivu region, citing poor management of the pandemic
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