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According to BNS spokeswoman Ieva Dirmaitė, preparations for the transfer of the drug from the warehouse of the Emergency Situations Center of the Ministry of Health to the five largest pharmacy chains in Vilnius are underway.
“We are actively cooperating with the Lithuanian Pharmacy Association, and we are coordinating the logistical problems with the pharmacies so that next week the pharmacies will take out the amount of potassium iodide tablets assigned to them from storage and begin to distribute them proportionally in their pharmacy network in Vilnius. In total, it is planned to distribute 2.1 million LTL free of charge to Vilnius residents. iodine tablets, ”he said.
According to I.Dirmaitė, when the tablets arrive at pharmacies, information brochures will be printed, electronic prescriptions will be issued, and residents will be invited to bring the tablets to pharmacies.
“It just came to our notice then. In the near future, we will announce the specific date and all necessary information for residents on the Vilnius municipality website, on news portals, on radio and on public transport screens. , as well as in cooperation with the representatives of the pharmacies and the pharmacies themselves, ”said the mayor’s advisor.
The Ministry of Health transferred a total of 4 million. potassium iodide tablets in 16 municipalities located 100 kilometers from the Astrava nuclear power plant in Belarus. These tablets should protect the thyroid from the effects of radioactive iodine in the event of a nuclear accident.
Municipalities are obliged to distribute the tablets to residents for personal storage or to store them themselves so that, in the event of a nuclear accident, they are stored within 2-3 hours. it could be distributed to the population.
Lithuania criticizes the safety of the Astrave nuclear project and is ready to boycott the power station’s electricity, Belarus rejects the criticism. The power plant’s first reactor is scheduled to come online in the first quarter of next year.
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