Table 5. The projected COVID-19 health budget for financial year 2020/21.
Note that not all of these components were necessarily supported or included in the final allocations in the order of 1.5 billion USD.
| Budget item | Description | Scenario with 20,000 additional ICU beds | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total cost [millions 2020 USD] | % of total cost | ||
| PPE | Personal protective equipment for healthcare workers at all levels | 360 | 18% |
| Testing | PCR tests only; no new laboratory instruments or extra staff | 145 | 7% |
| Central functions | Port Health and surveillance | 23 | 1% |
| Intensive Care Unit beds | incl. additional beds required, linen and staff costs | 426 | 21% |
| Ventilators | Additional ventilation equipment required for inpatient care | 74 | 4% |
| Oxygen | Oxygen cylinders for inpatient care, excludes oxygen equipment | 179 | 9% |
| Hospital beds | incl. additional beds required, linen and staff costs | 9 | 0% |
| Drugs | at ICU, general wards and primary healthcare clinics | 211 | 10% |
| PHC staff | for screening, testing, clinical assessment, post-test follow-up | 32 | 2% |
| CHW supplies | 1.1 thermometers per community healthcare worker | 7 | 0.3% |
| Isolation facilities | Upgrading and repurposing of hotel and conference facilities to be used as facilities for isolation of mild cases | 60 | 3% |
| Fever clinics | 1000 units to be added to primary health centres and community health centres | 218 | 11% |
| 30-bed COVID-19 wards | Attached to existing hospital or to field hospital | 299 | 15% |
| TOTAL | 2,043 | ||