Georgian pharmacies decrease price for anti-flu drug Tamiflu
Georgian Health Minister David Sergeeko requested the decrease in the price of Tamiflu yesterday. Photo: questforhealthkc.com.
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Leading Georgian pharmacies have decided to decrease the price of anti-flu medicine Tamiflu, the cost of which formerly ranged between 72-99 GEL.
Aversi and PSP pharmacies have complied with the request to show solidarity with the public and make the medicine more affordable.
Aversi leadership says that the current price for the medicine is 68 GEL. The same price was named by PSP.
Head of PSP marketing department Tornike Guruli says that the pharmacy pays 67,26 GEL for the drug and will sell it for 68 GEL, “which means that we will gain no profit from the sale.”
Many Georgians have posted on social media these days that the price of Tamiflu was “too high”.
The medicine should be taken only after consultation with a doctor.
Thirteen people have died because of the swine flu in Georgia this winter.
The leadership of Georgia’s occupied region of Abkhazia has partially closed the so-called border with Georgia “to avoid the spread of the virus.”
Only those having the “passport of Abkhazia” and people who are employed in the Enguri power station are allowed to enter the region.
The same decision has been made by another occupied region Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), and announced that the "border will be temporarily closed from 8 pm today."
The best method of protection against the flu is vaccination.
Thirteen people have died because of the HINI acute respiratory illness in Georgia, which is also known as swine flu, the Georgian National Disease Control Center says.
Studies at Georgian public schools and kindergartens have been postponed until January 21 due to the spread of flu. Up to 640 people are being treated in the country's hospitals for the virus, 39 of them are receiving critical care. According to official data 10 have lost their lives to the swine flu.
Parents of Georgian schoolchildren have requested the winter-spring school session commence later than scheduled to the spread of the acute respiratory illness H1N1, also known as the swine flu. A total of 158 cases of H1N1 have been reported in the country this winter – the illness has claimed ten lives.
De facto leaderships of two Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have decided to close the so-called border with the rest of Georgia to “avoid the spread of H1NI,” the flu which has claimed 15 lives in Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has stated that the state will cover the expenses for anti-flu medicine Tamiflu and Georgian citizens in need of the medicine will receive it free of charge, Georgian Health Minister David Sergeenko stated today.
The Georgian National Disease Control Centre has decided to reveal the statistics of flu in Georgia over the past 10 years to dispel speculations that 2018-2019 is an “exceptionally bad year” in terms of flu.
State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality of Georgia Ketevan Tsikhelashvil ihas criticised the de-facto leadership of Georgia’s occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) for their decision to close the so-called border with the rest of Georgia to avoid the spread of H1N1 flu.
The Georgian government will use all the instruments to reduce prices on medicines, said Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia earlier today.