Half million medical masks to be imported into Kyrgyzstan, Health Ministry

Bishkek, Jan.31, 2020. /Kabar/. Half a million medical masks will be imported into Kyrgyzstan in the near future, the press service of the Ministry of Health of the country said.

In connection with an outbreak of coronavirus ((nCoV) v1) infection in China, for equal access and provision of the population of the republic with medical masks, the Health Ministry again calls on pharmaceutical campaigns, pharmacies, pharmacy outlets to limit the issue of masks in large quantities, also to release one person no more than 20 medical masks.

Also, all business entities are warned about the failure to raise the cost of medical masks, antiseptics, disinfectants, antiviral, antibacterial drugs and drugs used for symptomatic treatment of viral infections.

"Due to the fact that the supply of medical masks from Russia, Kazakhstan and China has been temporarily stopped, the Ministry of Health is considering possible deliveries from other countries (Turkey, Korea, India), negotiations are under way and it is planned to bring a sufficient number of medical masks to the republic in the coming days. On Monday, 500 thousand masks will be delivered to the republic," the report says.

A ban is being introduced on the export of medical masks from Kyrgyzstan and medicines needed in case of coronary virus outbreak.

"In addition, we inform that in pharmacies of the country disposable masks and antiviral drugs, antiseptics, disinfectants are available in sufficient quantities," the report says.