Fight against COVID-19 and economy: Government action plan released

The text of the document has been published on the Parliament's website.

"Responding to urgent challenges in order to preserve the life and health of citizens, the Government focuses its efforts on solving the tasks set before Ukraine by the global pandemic COVID-19," the action plan reads.

The Cabinet intends to focus on preparing a network of health care facilities to work in the current particularly challenging environment, restoring the operation of the anti-epidemic protection system, strengthening monitoring of compliance and quarantine measures.

The Government of Ukraine also plans to ensure the continuous operation of critical infrastructure and food security facilities, to create conditions for the domestic production of essential medicines, medical equipment and products, as well as other critical goods. The Government will strengthen social protection and economic support, focus on providing loan support to small and medium-sized businesses, which have sustained losses by quarantine measures, and take a number of other priority steps.

In the long term, the Government action plan provides for creating favorable conditions for the development and restoration of small and medium-sized enterprises, industries focused on the production of high-tech products.

Creating conditions for attracting effective owners through privatization of state-owned facilities, as well as introducing a rational corporate governance system for state-owned enterprises in accordance with international standards are also among the Cabinet's objectives

The Government of Ukraine intends to achieve reducing energy dependency, diversifying energy sources, developing renewable and low carbon sources, ensuring the reliability, environmental friendliness and affordability of energy for all consumers.

Ensuring the proper conditions for the effective activity of scientists and researchers, promoting the development of applied research, the development of culture are also planned in the long term.

On April 13, the Government registered the draft resolution No. 3330 "On the Action Plan of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine" at the Verkhovna Rada.

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