Zelensky promised a million dollars for the invention of a vaccine against COVID 19

KIEV, 12 APR – RIA Novosti. The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky promised a million dollars to the inventor of a vaccine against coronavirus infection, said the Deputy head of the Ministry of health, chief sanitary doctor of the country Victor Lyashko.

According to the latest data of the Ministry of health in Ukraine recorded 2777 infection COVID-19, 83 people died, 89 patients have recovered.

Earlier, the government of Ukraine has developed amendments to the state budget in 2020, which envisaged cuts in funding of a number of fields, and creating a Fund to fight coronavirus infection in the amount of approximately $ 3.4 billion. However, the Parliament did not support the government’s proposed changes and sent the bill back for revision. The government has proposed to cut the Fund’s budget from 3.4 to 2.4 billion dollars.

the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. Currently in the world recorded more than 1.6 million cases of coronavirus, almost 100 thousand people died.

the Latest data on the situation of COVID-19 in Russia and the world presented on the portal stopmanager.of the Russian Federation.