Ministry of Health has spent more than 37 million GEL in 6 months on measures to reduce and prevent the spread of COVID-19

The Ministry of Health has spent more than 37 million GEL on measures to reduce and prevent the spread of COVID-19 over the past six months, according to a six-month review of this year's state budget execution.

According to the document, the given amount was spent for purchases and transfers of individual protective equipment, defibrillators, respirators, patient monitoring monitors, 14 contactless electric thermometers, liquid medical oxygen and more. In addition, expenses have been incurred for the arrangement of quarantine zones, in addition to hotel service / medical supervision of quarantine spaces, provision of quarantine spaces with medical staff and primary medical items / medicines, management of suspicious and confirmed cases and their stationary treatment.

At the same time, according to the document, the National Tourism Administration has implemented various measures related to the mandatory quarantine, transportation, food, cleaning, safety and quarantine conditions for 32,751 Georgian citizens who entered the country from the high-risk zones, according to the World Health Organization. The cost of the listed activities over the past 6 months amounted to 38 million GEL.