Kyiv spent largest amount of funds to tackle coronavirus in Ukraine - Accounting Chamber

Chairman of the Accounting Chamber Valeriy Patskan wrote about this on Facebook.

"The Accounting Chamber continues to monitor budget expenditures to tackle COVID-19. In the context of regions, the largest sums were spent: Kyiv - almost UAH 259 million, Kyiv region - UAH 208 million, Kharkiv region - UAH 108 million; the lowest sums: Kirovohrad region - UAH 12 million and Luhansk region - UAH 13 million," Patskan wrote.

According to him, monitoring the budget expenditures for the fight against coronavirus makes it possible to see the general trend and determine possible risks.

"A total of UAH 64.7 billion is envisaged in the state budget fund to fight COVID-19. And we will make sure that the funds are used efficiently and for intended purpose," Patskan said.

As Ukrinform reported, according to data provided by the State Treasury, from March 1 to April 29, payments for UAH 1.8 billion from budgets of all levels were made to fight the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, including UAH 455 million from the state budget and UAH 1,349 million from local budgets.

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