To date, about half of actual spending from the government $2.4 billion Covid-19 Fund has gone for fixing roads, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko tells RFE/RL in an interview. As of Sept. 19, only 35% of the Fund had been spent, about half for roads and about half for medical supplies and salaries. Calling this a ‘normal’ decision, he said money had been moved to roads due to “ineffective usage by some ministries” responsible for fighting Covid.
To date, about half of actual spending from the government $2.4 billion Covid-19 Fund has gone for fixing roads,
