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After demand for remdesivir skyrockets, TN govt clarifies that it s not a mandatory drug

After demand for remdesivir skyrockets, TN govt clarifies that it s not a mandatory drug The State Health Department opened a special counter to sell remdesivir at the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital on Monday. Since then, hundreds of people have been thronging it. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- People waiting in a long queue to get Remdesivir at Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai on Tuesday | Ashwin prasath By Express News Service CHENNAI: After demand for remdesivir, an anti-viral drug that doctors use to treat COVID-19 patients, skyrocketed, the Director of Public Health T S Selvavinayagam in a video message said that people should understand that it is not a life-saving drug and is not recommended as a mandatory drug for COVID-19 treatment by the World Health Organisation.

After over 5 months, cases cross 4,000

4,276 persons contract COVID-19 while 19 succumb to the infection; 86,179 persons vaccinated After more than five months, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu crossed the 4,000-mark on Thursday. A total of 4,276 people contracted the infection and 19 persons succumbed to it. The State last recorded over 4,000 cases a day on October 17 (4,295 cases). The fresh cases have pushed Tamil Nadu’s tally to 9,15,386, and its active caseload has touched 30,131. Of these, Chennai accounts for 11,633 people who are still under treatment. Chennai’s daily count exceeded 1,500 on Thursday, with 1,520 more people testing positive for the infection. The city’s overall tally touched 2,59,320. In Coimbatore, 427 people tested positive, followed by 398 in Chengalpattu. Eight districts recorded over 100 cases each Tiruvallur (199), Tiruppur (154), Tiruchi (131), Thanjavur (125), Nagapattinam (118), Madurai (115), Kancheepuram (107) and Salem (103).

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