COVID-19 Front-line Allowance

Our frontline workers have been critical in the effort of protecting the health of individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This demanding work of doctors, nurses, lab technicians and all frontline workers have been conducted diligently and with great care while bearing unprecedented risk.

As such, the "COVID-19 Frontline Allowance" was introduced to incentivise frontline workers exposed to different levels of risk associated with the COVID-19 health protection efforts. These frontline workers have been grouped into 3 risk categories, which determine the value of allowance paid out.

The 3 risk categories are as follows:

High Risk
  • Eligible if nature of work requires direct contact with COVID-19 patients
  • Allowance: MVR 500 /daily*
Medium Risk
  • Eligible if nature of work requires direct contact with high-risk individuals
  • Allowance: MVR 250 /daily*
Low Risk
  • Eligible upon logging in more than 6 hours of work at the National Emergency Operation Centre each day
  • Allowance: MVR 200 /daily*

Disbursements

Data as at: 08 June 2023
Disbursement (MVR)
365.1 million
No. of Front-line Workers
18,365