Every Czech pharmacy to receive penicillin next week

Every pharmacy in Czechia should receive at least 20 packs of penicillin on Monday, the Association of Wholesale Drug Distributors announced. All major distributors will take delivery of 52,000 packs from the supplier BB Pharma by the end of this week.

The minister of health, Vlastimil Válek, said the country had received over 200,000 packages of penicillin since August.

Czechia has been facing a shortage of some antibiotics, including penicillin, for several months.