TABLE 1.

Increase in Ministry of Health and Regional Government headcount in response to COVID‐19

Employment	Level of care			Admin	Not specified	Total
Type	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary			Headcount	%
Employed	60,079	34,081	35,158	11,223	244	140,785	56.46
Contract (Total)	25,072	23,933	15,720	17,284	536	82,545	33.1
Contract (pre‐COVID)	20,585	14,147	10,847	10,608	238	56,425	22.63
Contract (additional)	4,487	9,786	4,873	6,676	298	26,120	10.47
3rd party providers	8,298	5,991	6,300	5,405	50	26,044	10.44
Total headcount	93,449	64,005	57,178	33,912	830	249,374	100
Total %	37.5	25.7	22.9	13.6	0.3	100.00

Notes: Data to August 2020.

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