90% of pharmacies closed in the temporarily occupied Kherson region, the prices rose 3-5 times

Chairman of the Board of NGO Crimea SOS, Denys Savchenko: “The situation with medicines in the temporarily occupied Kherson region is difficult. Almost all pharmacies — 90% of them — are closed. Some pharmacy chains, according to pharmacists, plan to stop their work in the region.”

Drugs are currently being brought in from occupied Crimea and Russia and sold from the car trunks in local markets; they are not certified and could be counterfeit.

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