The anti-covid drug Molnupiravir was purchased at the expense of the state budget. The international organization Crown Agents has already donated 50,000. courses. Another 110 thousand. courses will arrive in the country by the end of May. This was reported by the Ministry of Health on May 18. " Therefore, we are grateful to Crown Agents for cooperation and prompt provision of medicines. The first supply of the drug has already been distributed across the regions and will begin to be delivered to healthcare facilities in the near future," Molnupiravir is a direct acting drug.. It blocks the enzyme needed by the virus to reproduce the genetic code, and thus prevents the virus from multiplying and reduces the risk of a severe course of the disease.. In the world, this medicine is used for patients with at least one risk factor, for example: overweight, age over 60 years, diabetes mellitus, heart disease. In Ukraine, the drug will also be used to treat patients at risk. Recall that earlier Ukrainian scientists discovered a new property of the antiviral drug remdesivir, originally developed for the treatment of hepatitis C and used among other drugs for the treatment of coronavirus infection COVID-19. News from in Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https://t. me/korrespondentnet Author: 1.