Health system measures in Peru – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Peru to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: *June 10: Under the Temporary Hospital Expansion Plan, the government will construct by end June, 10 temporary hospitals in Lima and nine in other heavily affected regions,...
Health system measures in Portugal – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Portugal to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: On March 12th, the authorities unlocked 296 million EUR to increase the capacity of the health sector. Other health-related measures include: a) suspension of overtime...
Health system measures in Saudi Arabia – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Saudi Arabia to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: The government has committed to fund any needed increase in health spending and has made an additional budget allocation available to the Ministry of Health. The published...
Health system measures in Romania – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Romania to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: On 6 April, the government endorsed some new support measures to be financed from European funds, including risk bonuses of EUR 500 per month for the medical staff in direct...
Health system measures in Sierra Leone – COVID-19 -/05/2020
The health system measures put into place in Sierra Leone to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: *April 22: The government announced its plans to include incentives for healthcare workers (including a risk allowance, life insurance and compensation for living expenses...
Health system measures in Serbia – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Serbia to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: *10% wage increase for public healthcare sector to RSD 13 billion (EUR 110 million) and increased healthcare spending to about RSD 12 billion (EUR 100 million). * The Minister...
Health system measures in Slovenia – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Slovenia to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: 9 March: An army filed hospital has been deployed in Ljubljana. In addition, health professionals are prohibited from travelling abroad and their right to leave and strike is...
Health system measures in Slovakia – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in Slovakia to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: On 16 March 2020 the state of emergency was declared for the health care sector, as of 25 March 2020 state of emergency will apply also to social care facilities providing...
Health system measures in Spain- COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Spain to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * EUR 9 billion of the COVID-19 Fund earmarked for health expenditures (June 16). * The use of masks mandatory on public transport from May 11, and in closed spaces and...
Health system measures in South Africa – COVID-19 – June 2020
The health system measures put into place in South Africa to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: 1) An amount of R20 billion will be directed to addressing our efforts to address the pandemic. 2) Additional funding of R20 billion will therefore be made available to...
Health system measures in Thailand – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Thailand to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - On 12 May, the Thai Cabinet approved an additional recruitment of 38,105 public health-related posts, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The frontline medical and...
Health system measures in Sweden – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Sweden to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - 11 May: New measures to strengthen health elderly care (SEK 5bn). - 7 May: Extended reimbursement for the first day of sickness (cost SEK 3.2bn), continued suspension of...
Health system measures in Turkey – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Turkey to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: The Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a country-wide public awereness campaign against Covid-19 and set up a call center for consultations to check prelimanry symptoms of corona...
Health system measures in Tunisia – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Tunisia to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - March 21: The government announces that an envelope of TND 500 million will be created to strengthen the strategic reserves of, among other things, medicines. - The...
Health system measures in the United Arab Emirates – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in the United Arab Emirates to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: * 21 June: Abu Dhabi's Emergency, Crisis & Disaster Committee announced that the National Screening Programme has reduced the rate of confirmed cases,...