New Delhi: In its fight against coronavirus, the central government has so far released ₹6,309.90 crore to the states/UTs under the Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package during 2020-21.
The government has also procured 38,867 ventilators at a cost of ₹1,850.76 crore since January 2020 till date, according to the union health ministry on Tuesday.Highlighting the expenditure incurred on Covid-19 pandemic related efforts , Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said that during the Financial Year 2019-20, ₹11,13.21 crore was also released to the states/UTs under National Health Mission towards management and containment of Covid-19.The.