Bucharest City Hall Wants to Pay Residents Who Volunteer to Get Tested for COVID-19

The Bucharest City Hall wants to pay the city’s residents who will volunteer to get tested for COVID-19. The tests will be carried out in an extensive program aimed at determining the spreading of the virus in the Romanian capital city.

The proposed sum to be paid to each tested person is RON 200 (EUR 41), according to a draft decision to be discussed by the Bucharest General Council. The municipality aims to test about 11,000 residents, and the budget for the program is RON 2.23 million (EUR 460,000).

The tests will be performed by state and private units, and the Regulation for the implementation of the project would be performed by ASSAMB, within five days of adoption.