According to Ministry of Finance, the state’s spending towards Covid-19 efforts reach MVR3,895.3 million (MVR3.9 billion) as of 30th September 2021.
The state’s spending on Covid-19 related efforts have significantly slowed down in the current year, while the total health and social spending which stood at MVR2,121.9 million (MVR2.1 billion) had increased only by 0.6% from the previous week.
Meanwhile, in terms of week-on-week spending, Ministry of Health registered the highest spending compared to its peers.
During the review week, 33.2% of the total health and social spending has been committed-spending.
Though health and social spending registered a slight increment, the total economic response spending which involves disbursements made towards Economic Response Plan schemes, remained unchanged from the previous week at MVR1,773.4 million.
Furthermore, the total economic response spending has remained stagnant for sometime.
Moreover, in terms of annual spending under Covid-19 health and social spending category, Ministry of Health has spent a total of MVR813.5 million while the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has spent a total of MVR784.4 million so far.