• The indemnity is granted if the death of the breadwinner (medical staff) occurred as a result of infection in the course of the unimpaired performance of medical work in the fight against COVID-19.

  Deceased medical staff who directly participated in medical actions against COVID-19 in pre-hospital care shall be considered:

  -  doctors,

  - medical assistants,

  - doctor' s assistants,

  - pharmacists,

  - laboratory physicians,

  - laboratory doctor s assistants,

  - nurses,

  - drivers

  Note. If the person requesting the indemnity fulfils the conditions for entitlement to a survivor pension or death grant under the provisions of the Law no. 156/2019 on the granting of death indemnities in case of the death of one of the spouses, he/she may choose one benefit only.

  Entitled to the indemnity are:

  - the surviving spouse, for a period of 5 years from the date of death of the breadwinner;

  - children up to the age of 18 or, if they are in daytime education (secondary, secondary vocational and higher education), up to the age of 23;

  - one of the parents, if they are not the offspring specified in letters a) and b).

The following original and copies of the following documents shall be attached to the application for establishment of the allowance:

- applicant's identity card;

- death certificate of the breadwinner;

- marriage certificate;

- certificate confirming that the deceased participated directly in medical work against COVID-19, issued by the medical institution where the person worked, approved in the manner established by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection;

- copy of the death certificate (form 106/e) issued by the National Agency for Public Health (confirming the cause of death - COVID-19);

- certificate of education within daytime educational institutions (secondary, secondary vocational and higher education) of the child between 18 and 23 years;

- civil status documents showing the degree of kinship with the deceased.

The allowance is granted at the request of the person entitled to the allowance or his/her guardian (trustee).

The application and the necessary documents confirming entitlement to the allowance shall be submitted to the territorial office of social insurance of the applicant's place of residence.

The allowance is payable from the date of death, provided that the application and the necessary documents are submitted within 30 days of that date.

If the application and the necessary documents are submitted after the expiry of this period, the allowance is paid from the date of submission of the last document required.

Entitlement to the allowance for the survivors of medical staff who died as a result of medical work in the fight against COVID-19 or rejection of the application shall be granted by a decision issued by the territorial social insurance body and signed by its head within 30 days of the date of submission of the application with all the necessary documents.

The basis for calculating the benefit is the deceased breadwinner's declared average monthly income in the 12 calendar months preceding the month of death.

The months during which the person was on leave (unpaid leave, sick leave, partial paid leave for childcare up to the age of 3, additional unpaid leave for childcare from 3 to 4 years of age and parental leave) are replaced by the same number of calendar months immediately preceding the period included in the calculation.

The monthly income earned and declared at all the establishments where the deceased breadwinner worked is taken into account for the purpose of determining the allowance, and is confirmed on the basis of the information in the State register of individual records in the public social insurance system.

The average monthly income earned and declared is determined by dividing by 12 the income earned by the deceased breadwinner in all units in the 12 calendar months preceding the month of death.

The monthly amount of the allowance is calculated differentiated according to the category of beneficiary as follows:

1) for the surviving spouse - 50% of the calculation basis;

2) in the case of children - 75% of the calculation basis for each offspring;

3) in the case of parents - 50% of the calculation basis.

The amount of the allowance calculated may not be less than 50% of the average monthly wage in the economy at the time the allowance is calculated.

The amount of the allowance is indexed in accordance with article 13 of Law No. 156/1998 on the public pension system.