Tropical diseases hospital receives two drug parcels to fight COVID-19
The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi received the drugs Amizon and Cycloferon from the Ukrainian-based Farmak JSC and the Russian-based Polysan Scientific & Technological Pharmaceutical Company at a ceremony on June 19 to cure COVID-19-related symptoms.
Hanoi (VNA) - The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases inHanoi received the drugs Amizon and Cycloferon from the Ukrainian-based FarmakJSC and the Russian-based Polysan Scientific & Technological PharmaceuticalCompany at a ceremony on June 19 to cure COVID-19-related symptoms.
The ceremony was attended by Counsellor Sergey Tanakov and Trade CounsellorVyacheslav Kharinov from the Russian Embassy in Vietnam.
According to hospital director Pham Ngoc Thach, on March 21 the HealthMinistry issued Decision No 1276/QD-BYT permitting the receipt of 30,000 Amizontablets valued at 17,460 USD from Farmak
On March 27, the ministry then issued Decision No 1414/QD-BTY approvingthe hospital’s acquisition of 50,600 Cycloferon tablets and 5,115 Cycloferonampules which cost some 26,900 USD from Polysan.
Thach said the hospital has used the two drugs in the past to treat measlesand influenza.
They help boost the immune system and so are suitable for treatingCOVID-19, he added.
Amizon is for treating and preventing influenza and respiratory viralinfections and is recognised as a safe and effective medicine by doctors in 11countries.
Cycloferon, meanwhile, is a universal antiviral preparation with directanti-viral, immune-correcting, and anti-inflammatory activity. It reinforcesthe body’s non-specific resistance to viral and bacterial infections. The drugis being used by the Commonwealth of Independent States in COVID-19 preventionand control./.
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At the ceremony (Source: phapluatxahoi.vn) 
