According to the order, the total amount will be allocated to the construction of a high-level biological safety laboratory for the rapid (24-hour) identification and study of dangerous and unknown infections. The facility will be built in Voronezh. A complex of buildings is also planned for Simferopol, but their purpose is not specified. The specific amount of funds allocated for each project is still unknown.
Rospotrebnadzor must monitor the use of funds and report to the government by September 1, 2026.
In 2026, 1.9 trillion rubles are expected to be allocated directly from the federal budget to healthcare. The budget for the state program "Healthcare Development," which accounts for the majority of this sector, is 1.5 trillion rubles.
The federal project in question was announced in July 2021 as one of the measures implementing Federal Law No. 492-FZ "On Biological Security in the Russian Federation." It aims to develop a system for protecting the population from biological and sanitary-epidemiological threats. Its main objective is to create an effective barrier to epidemics at three points: within the country, in neighboring countries, and beyond. Overall, the initiative was created to prevent a recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the project's goals is to create a network of high-level biosafety laboratories for the rapid identification and study of dangerous and unknown infections. More than 2.2 billion rubles are expected to be allocated for the implementation of these activities in 2026, with total federal funding for the project amounting to 12 billion rubles.
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