The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, instructed the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industrial Trade to ensure the availability of stocks of the most popular drugs. This was reported on the Kremlin website.
“The Ministry of Health of Russia, together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, should take measures aimed at ensuring the availability of stocks of medicines most in demand by the health system, including during periods of increased incidence of acute respiratory viral infections,” reads the text of the document.
All events must be reported by April 1, then once every six months. The heads of the above departments, Mikhail Murashko and Denis Manturov, were appointed responsible for the execution of the order.
