Turkmenistan will provide additional benefits to healthcare workers. Speaking at a meeting of the Halk Maslahaty (People's Council) of Turkmenistan today, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said that he will sign a corresponding decree on this today.
According to the head of state, stimulating health workers and effectively using their capabilities in the fight against COVID-19 infection is one of the most important areas at present.
"I consider it necessary to prepare a new version of the state program "Health". Therefore, I expect concrete proposals in this direction from the relevant managers and specialists," Berdimuhamedov said.
The President of Turkmenistan noted that since the first days of the spread of COVID-19, work has been organized in our country to regularly provide basic medical supplies that help strengthen human immunity on a free basis. General medical examinations of the population are being implemented, and other necessary measures are being taken to improve the immune status of people. At the state level, a plan was adopted to ensure preparedness to counter and respond to this acute infectious disease. A plan of operational socio-economic measures to counteract the pandemic has also Been approved, the State news Agency of Turkmenistan reports.
The meeting of the Halk Maslahaty, which has priority issues of state life on its agenda, is being held under the chairmanship of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov for the first time via direct video link.
