Farmers vs Amarinder: Protests across Punjab against lockdown norms; CM warns agitators
Amid a second wave of COVID-19, farmers took out protest marches at several places, including Moga, Patiala, Amritsar, Ajnala, Nabha, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Bathinda.
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CHANDIGARH: Despite appeals by farmers who took out protest marches against the weekend lockdown imposed by the state government, shopkeepers in Punjab kept their shops shut on Saturday.
Punjab s 32 farmer unions, protesting the Central farm laws, had announced to hold street protests against the lockdown in the state and had urged shopkeepers to defy the restrictions.
COVID-19: Remdesivir Injection Monitoring Centre in Punjab
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09 May 2021, 08:27 GMT+10
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Punjab Food and Drug Administration has established the Remdesivir Injection Monitoring Centre at the head office to stop black marketing of the anti-viral drug amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that the state government urged the people not to panic to buy Remdesivir injection at high prices as the state health department has sufficient stock in its warehouses.
Expressing concern over the black marketing and hoarding of COVID related drugs, Sidhu said that he directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Punjab to take stringent action against the wholesalers, distributors and retailers if anyone found doing such activities.
ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 03:47 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 9 (ANI): Punjab Food and Drug Administration has established the Remdesivir Injection Monitoring Centre at the head office to stop black marketing of the anti-viral drug amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that the state government urged the people not to panic to buy Remdesivir injection at high prices as the state health department has sufficient stock in its warehouses.
Expressing concern over the black marketing and hoarding of COVID related drugs, Sidhu said that he directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Punjab to take stringent action against the wholesalers, distributors and retailers if anyone found doing such activities.
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Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Saturday the state will receive 35,000 Remdesivir injections from the Centre over the next week.
He further said the state’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set up a Remdesivir Injection Monitoring Centre to stop its black marketing.
As per an intimation received from the Centre, Punjab will receive 35,000 Remdesivir injections from May 9-16, he said in a statement.
He said at present, the Health Department has 4,913 Remdesivir injections, 60,000 Dexamethasone 4 MG injections and 25 lakh tablets of paracetamol in the stock.
The Centre allocated 50,000 injections for distribution in Punjab from April 21 to May 9 while the state received 41,056 vials, he said.
Deferred in Punjab
In Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh the rollout has been put on hold. The UT administration said it had not received vaccines an issue echoed by the Punjab government.
“We have not received the vaccines yet. We have placed the order of one lakh vaccines and would be able to start vaccination as soon as we get the vaccines. Registration process for vaccination, however, is underway but slots would be given only after receiving the vaccines,” Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Health) for Chandigarh told The Hindu. “It is unlikely that 18 plus vaccination will start tomorrow (May 1),” he added.