“At present, we have information that almost 123 thousand medical workers in the country received this particular payment under the 484 decree (government decree. - RT ),” TASS quoted Semenov.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that timely payment to medical workers involved in the provision of care for patients with coronavirus is a priority for the authorities.
The Prime Minister demanded that the situation with payments to doctors be resolved by May 19.
On May 15, Russian leader Vladimir Putin called on doctors to deal with payments.