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UK Undecided on Cash Payments to COVID-Positive Brits

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08:20 GMT 22.01.2021(updated 08:46 GMT 22.01.2021) Get short URL

by Henry Batyaev

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The UK government pays a £500 ($683.75) incentive to some COVID-positive citizens under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme. However, reports emerged that the plan could be expanded to include all Brits with positive results.

UK Environment Minister George Eustice refused on Friday to either confirm or deny the reports that COVID-positive British citizens could be given a £500 incentive.

"I'm not going to comment on this particular paper but we've always kept it under review. No decisions to be made on this, but this is a dynamic fast moving situation with the pandemic," Eustice told LBC radio.

A veteran wearing a Royal Hospital Chelsea hat, and in PPE (personal protective equipment) of a face mask, as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, stands outside the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London on April 28, 2020, ahead of a minute's silence to honour UK key workers, including Britain's NHS (National Health Service) staff, health and social care workers, who have died during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Reports have been circulating in British media that the UK government is planning to encourage people to take more tests by paying those who will have a confirmed positive test a £500 handout.

The government reportedly devised the plan as many lower paid workers refuse to take tests for fear of having to self-isolate and lose their jobs.

Under the existing programme for COVID-positive citizens, only a few people meeting certain criteria are eligible for the incentive under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme. The scheme mainly concerns those who are at risk of losing their income if they self-quarantine.

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