Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin MOSCOW, Jan 26 The Russian government will send more than 20 billion rubles for medicines against coronavirus, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reports. «More than 20 billion rubles have been additionally allocated from the reserve fund for medicines for patients with coronavirus infection. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed orders to this effect,» the report says. It is noted that over 15 billion rubles will be used to purchase medicines not registered in Russia for the treatment of patients in hospitals. We are talking about the purchase of at least 200,000 packs of molnupiravir and at least 78,456 packs of thixagevimab + cilgavimab. Also on the list of purchases are at least 3,100 vials of sotrovimab and at least 515,000 packages of remdesivir.» also to federal medical organizations,” the message emphasizes. It is added that more than five billion rubles will be sent to the regions for medicines for patients receiving medical care on an outpatient basis. To prevent the unfavorable course of the disease and the development of complications, they are prescribed combined treatment regimens. All necessary drugs are issued free of charge by prescription of the attending physician. Additional funding will make it possible to provide more than 830,000 people with drugs.
