Patients with COVID-19 in La Paz who need intensive therapy, in public health centres, spend between BS.2,000 ($291.21) to BS.3,000 ($436.82) per day. Those in intermediate therapy have to spend approximately BS.1,000 and those who are treated at home up to BS.500, said Fernando Romero, executive secretary of the La Paz branch of the Sindicato de Ramas Médicas Afines (Sirmes).