“It turned out that the economic damage avoided as a result of the decrease in the number of cases of infectious diseases, as a result of the measures taken, amounted to 865.9 billion rubles, and the avoided losses related to environmental factors, when we were. The funds allocated to prevent non-infectious diseases thanks to our efforts amounted to 213.3 billion rubles,” Popova said.
He also noted that the level of confidence in health and epidemiological measures increased by 15 percent.