Federal Health Minister Jean−Yves Duclos says the previously announced one million units of imported kids’ pain relievers are starting to arrive on pharmacy shelves.
Meanwhile, Duclos says an additional 500,000 foreign units have been ordered and are expected over the next few weeks.
He says a separate shipment of kids’ pain relievers from Australia are headed for hospitals.
Parents across Canada have been scrambling to manage their children’s fever and pain as rates of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza skyrocket amid a dire shortage of pediatric acetaminophen and ibuprofen.
At a health news conference this morning, Duclos said that in addition to the emergency imports, domestic production has ramped up over the last month….