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Veterinarians paid special allowance for bird flu risks
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SOC180807
HA NOI — Veterinarians who directly vaccinate poultry against the H5N1 virus will receive an allowance of at least VND50,000 (US$3.10) per day, according to a recently issued government decision on financial support for the fight against bird flu.
The decision, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, also stipulates that other veterinarians or workers who contribute to preventing or containing the disease by such methods as slaughtering birds, disinfecting the environment or working at quarantine stations will be paid a daily allowance.
For weekends or holidays, the allowance would be doubled.
In another government decision issued on Wednesday, the deputy prime minister also decided to provide similar allowances to workers who participate in the fight against blue ear (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) disease in pigs.
The government will also compensate farmers whose pigs have to be slaughtered due to blue ear with VND10,000 ($0.6) per each kilogram of pig.
Bird flu and blue ear diseases in pigs are the two main diseases that have most affected farmers in Viet Nam recently.
Three provinces of Dong Thap, Dien Bien and Cao Bang are still on the black list of bird flu-stricken areas while blue ear is present in the five provinces of Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Long An, according to the Animal Health Department. — VNS
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SOC180807
HA NOI — Veterinarians who directly vaccinate poultry against the H5N1 virus will receive an allowance of at least VND50,000 (US$3.10) per day, according to a recently issued government decision on financial support for the fight against bird flu.
The decision, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, also stipulates that other veterinarians or workers who contribute to preventing or containing the disease by such methods as slaughtering birds, disinfecting the environment or working at quarantine stations will be paid a daily allowance.
For weekends or holidays, the allowance would be doubled.
In another government decision issued on Wednesday, the deputy prime minister also decided to provide similar allowances to workers who participate in the fight against blue ear (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) disease in pigs.
The government will also compensate farmers whose pigs have to be slaughtered due to blue ear with VND10,000 ($0.6) per each kilogram of pig.
Bird flu and blue ear diseases in pigs are the two main diseases that have most affected farmers in Viet Nam recently.
Three provinces of Dong Thap, Dien Bien and Cao Bang are still on the black list of bird flu-stricken areas while blue ear is present in the five provinces of Thua Thien - Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Long An, according to the Animal Health Department. — VNS
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