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Two Departments: Eligible Personnel Perishing During COVID-19 Prevention and Control Should Be Assessed as Martyrs
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Chinese
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Category：Legislative Updates
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Keywords：two departments; martyr
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Source：Pkulaw
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Publish Date：02-22-2020
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On February 16, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission jointly issued the Notice Regarding Properly Honoring Personnel Perishing During COVID-19 Prevention and Control (hereinafter the ‘Notice').
The Notice points out that during prevention and control of COVID-19, health care workers and epidemic prevention workers who have died following being infected with COVID-19 during their performance of duties of prevention and control, such as having direct contact with suspected or confirmed cases, undertaking diagnosis, treatment, care, hospital infection control, collection of case specimens, detection of pathogens, and performing the task of transferring patients with COVID-19, or other personnel who die should be assessed (approved) as martyrs when meeting the conditions for martyrs assessment (approval).
According to the requirements of the Notice, local personnel participating in epidemic prevention and control are assessed according to the Regulations on Honoring Martyrs. If the medical rescue personnel organized by each locality to go to Hubei perish in the line of duty, they should be assessed by the provincial people's government of the places where the dispatched personnel's units are located. Military personnel and social personnel employed by the military participating in epidemic prevention and control should be approved by the relevant military departments in accordance with relevant provisions.
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