Russia’s daily spending on the fight against COVID has exceeded ₽3 billion :: Economy :: RBC
Due to the bad epidemic situation, the costs of the Russian health care system to combat COVID-19 have sharply increased, the head of the Ministry of Finance said. In addition, the department offered to support the compulsory medical insurance system for 50 billion rubles.
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Against the background of an increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in recent weeks, Russia spends an average of about 3.6 billion rubles on the fight against the epidemic. a day, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
“On average, we spent about 2 billion rubles per day on covid under normal circumstances. per day, now in a special situation, with a surge in diseases – 3.6 billion rubles. a day, “Siluanov said at a meeting with senators in the format of an” Open Dialogue “(quote from “RIA News”).
The minister notes that, despite all the difficulties, problems cannot be allowed with the help of planned assistance to citizens.
In this regard, Siluanov said that the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health had made proposals for additional appropriations to support the compulsory health insurance system (CHI) in the amount of over 50 billion rubles.
“Will there be additional tranches of support for the CHI system? There will be. We have now, together with the Ministry of Health, calculated the required volumes and are preparing proposals to the government. This figure will be more than 50 billion rubles. To be precise, so far 56 billion rubles. So we appreciated it. These proposals will be submitted to the government so that the government can finally put an end to it. I think it will be in the coming days, “said the minister (quoted by Interfax).