More than 30 thousand packages of antiviral drugs will additionally arrive at state pharmacies in the Vitebsk region

November 11, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. More than 30 thousand packages of antiviral, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs will additionally be supplied to the pharmacy network of the unitary enterprise "Farmatsiya" in the Vitebsk region, the deputy general director of the enterprise Irina Druzhinina told a BELTA correspondent. According to her, pharmaceutical enterprises of the republic have already begun shipping additional batches of medicines, and during November 12-13, oxolinic ointment, "Arpetol", "Remantadine" will appear on the shelves of pharmacies in the region. All pharmacies of the "Farmatsiya" enterprise continue to operate on an extended schedule until 11 p.m. In the temporary absence of certain over-the-counter drugs, pharmacists offer buyers their pharmacotherapeutic substitutes. As the deputy chief physician of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Alexey Adeev told a BELTA correspondent, from November 1 to 10, 42,813 people in the region fell ill with acute respiratory infections and influenza, 46% of those infected were children. In the first decade of November, more than 1,100 people were hospitalized, 55% of whom were children. The epidemic threshold in the control cities of Vitebsk, Orsha, Polotsk and Novopolotsk has been exceeded. Thus, in Vitebsk on November 10, it was exceeded more than 12 times. The educational process has been suspended in 295 schools in the region. -0-