China News Service, May 17th. According to the Russian Satellite Network report on the 16th, the Russian government released news that the Russian government approved an appropriation of 22.4 billion rubles to provide additional subsidies to anti-epidemic medical personnel in May.
According to the news, "The Russian government has approved the allocation of budgets to local governments for the subsidies to the first-line medical staff. The total amount is 22.4 billion rubles. All federal entities can use this amount to guarantee the payment of subsidies in May."
According to local news on April 23, local time, the St. Petersburg Square Cabin Hospital is about to be put into use and is the first square cabin hospital in Russia. The construction of the hospital is nearing completion and is expected to be put into use within this week. Image source: Sipaphoto Copyright works are prohibited from reprinting
Timely appropriation can enable the Russian Ministry of Health and various regions to sign additional agreements and immediately release the funds to medical personnel.
As of now, Russia has cumulatively diagnosed more than 272,000 new cases of pneumonia, with more than 2,500 deaths and about 63,000 cured.