Drug administration requests no shortage of medicines during Tet

Medicines are offered to residents in Lang Son (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA)  – The Health Ministry’s
(DAV) has requested relevant units to ensure no medicine shortage and price hikes to meet demand for prevention
and control during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival 2022.

In a document sent to municipal and provincial health departments, hospitals, drug manufacturers and importers, the Vietnamese
Pharmaceutical Association and the Vietnam Pharmaceutical Corporation, the DAV
asked them to direct hospitals and disease control centres to build their own
plans to store medicines and ensure their sufficient supply in line with the
’s Directive No.01/CT-BYT, amid the complicated developments of the
pandemic, especially Omicron variant.

Municipal and provincial health departments must ask their
inspectors to work closely with relevant units to enhance inspection over the
production, trade, export-import of medicines and cosmetics in their localities while seriously punishing violations.

The DAV required opening drug stores and deploying staff on duty round
the clock during the festival to grasp the situation, and reporting to the administration before January 20 to enhance coordination./.