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Russia sends Bulgaria medicine against Covid-19

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The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russian pharmaceutical company Chemrar have agreed to supply the drug Avifavir against the novel coronavirus to 17 foreign countries, including Bulgaria, TASS has reported, quoted by BTA.

Avifavir has already been delivered to 6 countries. Deliveries are expected for another 17 countries. With the exception of Bulgaria and Serbia, all other countries are from Asia and South America.

In May, Avifavir was registered by the Russian Ministry of Health and became the world's first drug based on the substance favipiravir approved for the treatment of Covid-19. More than 60,000 packs of Avifavir have been delivered across Russia itself, TASS reports.




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