South Korea will send a stockpile of Tamiflu and other anti-viral drugs to North Korea later this week to help control an outbreak of the A(H1N1) virus there, the Unification Ministry said yesterday.
North Korea has accepted South Korea’s offer to provide anti-viral drugs for 500,000 people after acknowledging nine domestic cases of type-A influenza last week.
“On Friday, our government will deliver the aid to Kaesong via the road” that crosses the western side of the inter-Korean border, ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said at a briefing. Kaesong is a North Korean town just north of the border that houses an inter-Korean industrial complex and is connected to Pyongyang by an expressway.
The aid comprises Tamiflu doses for 400,000 people and Relenza, another anti-viral drug, for 100,000, the ministry said.
The medication and its delivery in refrigerated trucks will cost about 18 billion won ($15 million).
Doctors will accompany the trucks to oversee the delivery and give advice to North Koreans on how to use the medication.
North Korea has accepted South Korea’s offer to provide anti-viral drugs for 500,000 people after acknowledging nine domestic cases of type-A influenza last week.
“On Friday, our government will deliver the aid to Kaesong via the road” that crosses the western side of the inter-Korean border, ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said at a briefing. Kaesong is a North Korean town just north of the border that houses an inter-Korean industrial complex and is connected to Pyongyang by an expressway.
The aid comprises Tamiflu doses for 400,000 people and Relenza, another anti-viral drug, for 100,000, the ministry said.
The medication and its delivery in refrigerated trucks will cost about 18 billion won ($15 million).
Doctors will accompany the trucks to oversee the delivery and give advice to North Koreans on how to use the medication.
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