Hyderabad: The award of Remdesivir injections for Covid positive patients in Telangana continued to improve with the Ministry of Health on Sunday setting aside 2.15 lakh injections for the state between 21 April and 23 May.
The increased allocation is expected to moderately improve the availability of Remdesivir injections Covid positive patients. Earlier, in the second phase, the center granted Telangana 1.45 lakh Remdesivir until 16 May, which was improved to 2.15 lakh on Sunday.
In April, the Ministry of Pharmaceutical Products and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare awarded 21,500 injections and later increased the grant to approximately 41,500 injections.
Union Chemicals and Fertilizer Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, who oversees the allocation of drugs, said on Sunday that an overall increase in total production and allocation had been made after the requirement of Remdesivir in various states across the country was considered. This will ensure adequate availability for patients ”.
In improving the availability of certain drugs, the Ministry of Health of the Union also allocated 45,000 vials of Tocilizumab to meet the demand throughout the state.
Source: Telangana Today