Putin instructed to ensure the production of adequate amount of medicine for coronavirus

Vladimir Putin instructed the government to constantly monitor the reliability of supply of medicines on the domestic market, we are talking in particular about the medicines for the treatment of coronavirus infection. About it writes “the parliamentary newspaper”.

“I ask the government to work with domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers to keep monitoring the security of supply of medicines in our domestic market, including proven drugs for the treatment of coronavirus. Their industrial production in General has already been established, you only need to provide the necessary volume,” said the President at a meeting on sanitary-epidemiological situation in Russia.

Also, the President demanded to completely ensure that all regions of the medical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE). “You need to replenish and build for the coming period, the supply of necessary medical equipment, antiseptics, masks… They have to be in the right quantity and in medical institutions and pharmacies. Affordability should be absolute on the whole territory of our country”, — said the head of state.

According to Putin, the Federal and regional medical institutions must maintain reserve speccheck for the treatment of patients with coronavirus. This is especially true of regions where it is still difficult epidemiological situation. “It is also necessary to provide for the possibility of rapid deployment of such beds from the reserve, including patients with a complication of influenza and SARS,” he said.