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Covid-19 frontline medical workers protest in front of Ministry of Health

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Bulgarian medics protested in front of the Ministry of Health building. Doctors, nurses and ambulance drivers employed at the Center for Emergency Aid in Sofia and emergency aid centers in other district cities voiced dissatisfaction with the new payment rules. 

Following the new amendments, Covid-19 frontline medical workers are to receive less money. Protesters hurled coins in front of the main entrance of the Ministry of Health and demanded the resignation of Bulgaria’s Minister of Health. Many frontline medics complained that they have not received an extra pay since May. The medics gave this country’s authorities one week to make the necessary changes and threatened to go on strike. 




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