The World Health Organization has (WHO) handed over a shipment containing 100,000 capsules of 'Tamiflu' required to treat AH1N1 patients, yesterday (06). The shipment of drugs totalling to 78,000 US Dollars is adequate for a period of three years and will expire in 2014. The stock of drugs has been donated on a request made by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena to WHO. The WHO Representative for Sri Lanka, Dr.f.R.Mehta addressing the media after handing over the shipement congratulated Sri Lanka for the speedy distribution of vaccines which controls AH1N1.
The Capsule is recommended for those infected with the AH1N1 influenza and the vaccine is used as an immunization to control spreading of influenza.
As per Helath Ministry sources Sri Lanka has used 1.5 million doses of AH1N1 vaccines valued at 2.3 million US Dollars donated by the WHO few months ago..It also reports that there is a drastical decrease in the number of cases reporting from Sri Lanka and only 17 AH1N1 patients were reported in last December.
The stock of drugs has been donated on a request made by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena to the Country Director of the WHO Dr. Phirdosi Rustum Mehtha.
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