The Bhutan government has spent Nu 2.9 billion (B) in the COVID-19 pandemic response since March. The expenses account mainly for the purchase of COVID-19 test kits, personal protective equipment, facility quarantine, and stocking of essential items.

Of the Nu 2.9B, about Nu 2B was spent from March till June and about Nu 940 million(M) was spent from July to September, according to finance minister Namgay Tshering.

The minister said that every expense for COVID-19 response was met from fund mobilised through a lot of internal arrangements and fiscal prudence.

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