GOVERNMENT has procured enough anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs which will start arriving in the country on Tuesday next week, Health Deputy Minister Patrick Chikusu has announced.

Giving an update on the ARVs situation yesterday in Lusaka, Dr Chikusu said 250, 000 packs of the drugs from the old order would arrive in the country.

Dr Chikusu said another consignment of ARVs would arrive in September, this year with the support of Global fund and PEPFAR funding.

He also announced that Government was in the process of setting up the first 58 ARV sites in all the districts for easy access and distribution of the life supporting drugs.

Dr Chikusu said Government had increased the budgetary allocation towards HIV/AIDS programmes from a paltry US$5 million during the previous regime to $30 million.

Kalingalinga, Kamwala, Matero, Ngwerere and Chawama clinics in Lusaka were some institutions that had run low on the drugs.