“Changes to the state budget for the current year were made in order to optimize costs in accordance with external and internal challenges associated with the coronavirus epidemic and the global economic crisis,” the report said.

It is specified that the Coronavirus Foundation will receive 64.7 billion hryvnias (more than $ 2.3 billion - RT ) for “top-priority and priority” tasks to combat COVID-19.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health reported that the number of people infected with coronavirus infection in the country reached 5106.