PM orders disburse money from reserve fund for coronavirus drugs

MOSCOW, Jun 23 (PRIME) -- Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an order for the government to issue additional money from its reserve fund to be spent on medicines against the coronavirus, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.

The deadline for the order is June 25.

He also ordered the government to submit a document before June 25 on supplies of at least 4 million doses of the Sputnik Light vaccine to the Russian regions.

The Industry and Trade Ministry was also ordered to ensure a necessary reserve of oxygen in hospitals that treat the coronavirus cases before June 30.

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