The government allocated 7.8 billion rubles for payments to doctors involved in vaccination against COVID-19

by time news

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to allocate 7.8 billion rubles to the Ministry of Health. for payments to doctors who participate in the vaccination of the population against coronavirus. The document was published on the official portal of legal information.

The money will be allocated from the government reserve fund. The document says that the funds will be used for incentive payments for the additional workload of health workers involved in the vaccination, as well as to pay for vacations and compensation for unused vacations.

According to a survey conducted by the Doctor’s Handbook mobile app, 85.4% of healthcare workers involved in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign are overwhelmed at work and do not have time to complete other planned work.