Georgian healthcare system spent over 200 mln GEL on COVID-19 response in 2020
Georgia’s healthcare system spent over 200 million GEL (about $60.2 million) on its Covid-19 response in 2020. Photo: IPN.
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Georgia’s healthcare system spent over 200 million GEL (about $60.2 million) on its Covid-19 response in 2020, reports local media outlet Interpressnews (IPN).
IPN reports that Georgia spent $45.7 million under the loan agreement between the country and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Out of the $45.7 million, about $1.65 million was spent on personal protective equipment for medical workers and diagnostic materials, including COVID-19 tests ($29.3 million).
Georgia spent 3.16 million GEL (about $952,000) in providing quarantine spaces with medical staff.
A total of 6.3 million GEL (about $1.9 million) was spent in diagnosis and treatment of Covid patients, while 62.1 million GEL (about $18.6 million) was spent on medical bed supplies.
In 2020 the Health Ministry spent 19.1 million GEL (about $5.7 million) on the purchase of personal protective equipment.
The government of Japan has given medical equipment worth $2.8 million in order to contribute to Georgia’s medium and long term socio-economic development, including enhancement of the medical system as well as help the country to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, announces the Embassy of Japan in Georgia.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of €45 million to Georgia to mitigate the negative economic and social impacts of Covid-19 and sustain the momentum of pre-pandemic reforms that support economic growth and resilience, announces the AIIB.
Georgia has spent 412,116 Gel ($134,643/€119,683) to purchase the Stop Covid application created by an Austrian company in order to help stem the spread of the new coronavirus, says the Ministry of Health.
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the lending arm of the World Bank Group, has approved €73.1 million under the 'Emergency COVID-19 Response Project' for Georgia. The project aims to help the government’s efforts to mitigate and address the health and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgian Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili on Thursday discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, efforts for its prevention and future plans of his office at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York.