The Ministry of Health has secured sufficient supplies of Paxlovide for the next period. The antiviral medicine is currently one of the most effective tools in the treatment of COVID-19. This week the first 4200 packages arrived on Slovakia. Overall, the health department ordered 25 thousand packages. Slovakia, as the first EU country in Central and Eastern Europe, is once again adequately supplied with Paxlovid. It can be prescribed by both Circuit and Specialised Physicians after PCR test in patient COVID-19.
It is intended for patients with COVID-19 who are at increased risk of having a severe disease and who are taking the medicine within five days of the onset of symptoms. Supplies of 25 thousand packages of Paxlovid were obtained by the Ministry of Health through public procurement.
Veclury containing the active substance remdezivir is also available in hospital facilities. It can be given by intravenous infusion to adult patients who are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease.
Risk groups include patients over 60 years of age, patients with chronic cardiovascular disease in the heart failure stage, diabetes with advanced chronic complications, neurological diseases, chronic lung disease or arterial hypertension.