Drug shortage in Canada exacerbates due to COVID-19 pandemic


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Aug 2020

OTTAWA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- In an open letter on Thursday to the government, Canada's doctors and pharmacists called for addressing shortages for critical drugs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada's Critical Drugs Coalition said in the letter that the country's drug shortage has been greatly exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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