The Ministry of Foreign Affairs registered the highest spending under the government’s expenditure towards Covid-19 health and social response efforts between April 8 – April 15.

Latest statistics publicized by the Ministry of Finance reveal that the total Covid-19 expenditure related to the health and social sectors sat at MVR 1,627.9 million by April 15 whereas the total economic response expenditure remained unchanged from the week before, at MVR 1,715.3 million.

The government’s expenditure towards Covid-19 health and social response efforts saw a 0.9 percent increase within the week in comparison to the previous week.

Out of the total health and social efforts expenses, 42.5 percent was committed spending and the ministry made a contribution of MVR 10.7 million during the week, a majority of which was for grants, contributions and subsidies.

With this update the foreign ministry has spent a total of MVR 17.5 million on grants, contributions and subsidies since the health and social recovery efforts kicked off.

The highest expenditure thus far has been registered by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), at MVR 867.9 million. The top contribution by NDMA was for supplies and requisites for service provision at MVR 362.7 million.

The second highest expenditure was registered by the Ministry of Health, which has spent 449.9 million out of which 273.5 million was for travel expenses.

Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) spent 98.7 million overall by April 15, out of which 77.6 million was for supplies and requisites for service provision.

Out of the 67.6 million Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) has spent so far on health and social response efforts since it began, 48.5 million was for employee wages.

Throughout the response efforts, the Maldives Police Service (MPS) has spent a total of 31.1 million thus far.

MVR 40.8 million out of the total health and social expenses was from the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. The Maldives Immigration has also spent 900,000. Other contributors include the Ministry of Higher Education having spent 3.3 million, the Ministry of Tourism with 28.8 million in expenses and the Gender Ministry at 4.3 million in expenses.

Government institutions have thus far spent a total of 455.7 million on supplies and requisites for service provision, 316.3 million for travel expenses as well as 193 million for operational services.

Between April 8 – April 15, there were no additional disbursements made under the Economic Response Package.