Health Minister Alexandru Rafila announced that, starting Tuesday, the Antibiotice Iasi Company will manufacture 2.5 million potassium iodide pills every 48 hours, mentioning that the necessity is for maximum 30 million pills.
Rafila drew attention that potassium iodide is not a miracle drug and is administered strictly under recommendation, for a limited time.
"It is not taken preventively. We have issued from the Health Ministry a press release last week and we said very clearly that it is a substance that is administered strictly under recommendation for a limited time for certain categories of persons," said Rafila, on Monday, at the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), when asked how Romania will mobilize in case of a nuclear attack from Russia.
He mentioned that the National Institute for Statistics and the Endocrinology Committee of the Health Ministry estimated that the maximum needs would not exceed 30 million pills, which will be sent to the Public Health Directorate to be distributed to local authorities.
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