This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko.
“We have agreed, thanks to the Ministry of Digital Development, with all operators that they will incur losses within two months - December and January, so that according to the list of numbers of medical institutions that we have now collected through the Incident system from all subjects to make these numbers free for citizens, "TASS quotes him.
Chernyshenko explained that calls from citizens will not be charged not only to free numbers with the 800 code, but also to polyclinics.
Earlier, Chernyshenko said that a single telephone number 122 is being introduced in the Russian regions, by which residents of Russia in case of coronavirus infection COVID-19 will be able to call a doctor at home or an ambulance.