April 28, 2009
South Korea doubling drug stockpile amid swine flu concern
South Korea will double its stockpiles of Tamiflu and other drugs amid swine flu outbreaks elsewhere, the Yonhap news agency cited a top health official as saying Monday (April 27).
The state-run Korea Centre for Disease Control, or KCDC, already has enough of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to treat up to 2.5 million people - about 5 percent of the country's population - the South Korean news agency said.
"We believe that the nation has a sufficient amount of influenza medicine, including Tamiflu and Relenza," the report quoted KCDC director Lee Jong-koo as saying. "Still, we plan to increase the amount to be able to treat 5 million people."
