12:38, 04 ноября 2020, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Maria ORLOVA
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will finance the purchase of personal protective equipment for the population census in Kyrgyzstan. The National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan reported.
«In this regard, in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection, the National Statistical Committee, together with the Ministry of Health, prepared an order on an algorithm of actions during the upcoming census of the population and housing of the Kyrgyz Republic. An agreement was reached with the UN Population Fund on financing the purchase of PPE (disposable masks, pocket antiseptics, non-contact thermometers) for temporary census personnel,» the organization stressed.
Earlier, the National Statistical Committee decided to postpone the population and housing census to 2021.