About 20 billion rubles will be allocated to combat COVID-19 in Bashkiria in 2020

In Bashkiria, about 20 billion rubles were allocated to combat COVID-19 in 2020. The total cost of the republican budget for the fight against the new coronavirus pandemic was announced today by the regional government's prime minister, Andrei Nazarov.

According to him, this year, health care costs came out on top.

"We have already spent 16 billion rubles of additional funds, but taking into account the forthcoming costs, it will probably be almost 20 billion rubles. About one-third of them are federal money; the rest is our republican funds. These are huge costs, but people's lives are more important," said Andrei Nazarov.

The Prime Minister added that this amount includes the cost of two COVID centers construction, as well as the purchase of medicines and additional republican payments to doctors.

Recall that 2.19 billion rubles were allocated from the budget of Bashkortostan for the construction of an Infectious Disease Center in Sterlitamak, of which 1.4 billion rubles were spent for construction and installation work, 795, 6 million rubles for the purchase of medical and other equipment, furniture, other household equipment, and vehicles.

A total of 1.8 billion rubles were spent on the construction of an Infectious Disease Center in Zubovo, of these, 971 million rubles for construction and installation work, 826 million for equipping the center with medical equipment.