Local elections: UAH 37.4M to be spent on anti-epidemic measures

“In pursuance of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution as of September 14, 2020, No.846, ‘On amendments to the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers’ resolution as of July 22, 2020, No.641,’ UAH 37.4 million will be allocated from local budgets to ensure anti-epidemic measures to prevent the spread of acute respiratory COVID-19 disease caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 during the organization and conduct of elections scheduled for October 25, 2020,” reads the document.

According to the infographics posted on the government’s portal, Kyiv city will get UAH 1.33 million for anti-epidemic measures; Kyiv region - UAH 1.75 million; Chernihiv region - UAH 1.26 million; Sumy region - UAH 0.59 million; Poltava region - UAH 0.66 million; Cherkasy region - UAH 0.75 million; Kharkiv region – UAH 4.41 million; Luhansk region - UAH 0.32 million; Donetsk region - UAH 1.82 million; Dnipropetrovsk region - UAH 3.41 million; Zaporizhzhia region - UAH 4.05 million; Kherson region - UAH 0.69 million; Mykolaiv region - UAH 0.43 million; Kirovohrad region - UAH 0.87 million; Odesa region - UAH 4.09 million; Vinnytsia region – UAH 2.66 million; Khmelnytskyi region - UAH 1.05 million; Rivne region - UAH 0.54 million; Ternopil  region – UAH 0.5 million; Zhytomyr region – UAH 0.63 million; Chernivtsi region – UAH 0.47 million; Ivano-Frankivsk region – UAH 0.74 million, Zakarpattia region – UAH 0.77 million; Lviv region - UAH 2.86 million; Volyn region -  UAH 0.61 million.

Local elections in Ukraine will take place on October 25, 2020.

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