Tenders floated to procure Remdesivir: Sudhakar
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There isn’t any scarcity of Remdesivir within the State and tenders have been floated to buy 84,000 items of the drug, Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar has stated.
There have been complaints of scarcity of Remdesivir, a drug used to fight COVID-19, and there have additionally been allegations of it being bought on the black market.
A launch from the Chief Minister’s Office added that the federal government had a inventory of 30,000 doses and there was no scarcity. The authorities was additionally analyzing the request of personal hospitals to provide Remdesivir, it added.
Speaking to reporters after a gathering with officers on Friday morning, Dr. Sudhakar stated the federal government had additionally taken steps to fight oxygen scarcity. “We have already established sufficient oxygen plants to meet the demand. Tenders have been floated to set up oxygen plants at all districts,” stated Dr. Sudhakar
“As many as 95% of the infected persons have none or mild symptoms in the second wave. Only 5% needs hospitalisation. Therefore, it is requested that only those with severe symptoms must approach hospitals for treatment,” the Minister added.
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