Israel has made arrangements to purchase medical supplies in Switzerland valued at 2,000,000 Swiss france and will also buy 500,000 pounds sterling worth of medicaments in Britain and the United States, Moshe Shapira, Minister for Health, reported today. In addition, private firms have been licensed to import vital medical supplies, he said.
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