According to the authors of the bill, the ability to send money from the Fund to the construction of roads will also contribute to new jobs..

Today, May 5, the Verkhovna Rada adopted Bill No. 3509 on amendments to the state budget 2020, which will allow sending the COVID-19 Fund to repair and build roads.

The bill was supported by 274 deputies.

According to the explanatory note to the document, the purpose of the bill is to provide the opportunity to channel the funds of the COVID-19 Fund and its consequences to such measures to overcome the consequences of the pandemic as improving transport links, building, reconstructing and repairing public roads of national importance.

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On April 18, President Vladimir Zelensky signed the changes to the state budget that were adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on April 13..

The changes include increased funding for the Ministry of Health, assistance to pensioners and the unemployed, as well as the creation of a fund to combat COVID-19 and its consequences.

For funding, the fund to combat coronavirus in the state budget provided 64.7 billion UAH. The Ministry of Finance specified what the money will go. In mid-May, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said that almost half of the funds and fund to combat COVID-19 had been spent - 65 billion UAH. Of these, 20 billion UAH were spent on pension reform, more than 3 billion - medical purchases and surcharges to doctors. It is reported by LIGABusinessInform.