Ukraine receives another 200,000 packs of Tamiflu from Switzerland
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko promises to have new batch of Tamiflu distributed at hospitals for free.

Ukraine receives another 200,000 packs of Tamiflu from Switzerland

Nov 4, 2009 at 17:51 | Ukrainian News
Ukraine has received another 200, 000 packs of the Tamiflu medication for A(H1N1) flu from Switzerland.

Yulia Tymoshenko said this to the press while awaiting the plane with Tamiflu at the Lviv airport.

"I am holding in my hands the order for all regions of Ukraine. [The medication] will be brought throughout Ukraine by special cars immediately," Yulia Tymoshenko said.

She assured that the medicine will be supplied to hospitals only where patients will be able to get it for free.

As it was reported before, in the early hours of Nov. 2 a batch of Tamiflu of 300, 000 packs arrived in Ukraine. According to the Cabinet of Ministers informationit intended to purchase another 400, 000 packs from the Roche Company (Switzerland).

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