Nitin Gadkari directs Nagpur DC to distribute Remdesivir injections to other districts of Vidarbha ANI | Updated: Apr 12, 2021 23:13 IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday directed Nagpur District Collector Ravindra Thackeray to distribute Remdesivir injections received through Mylan India and Sun Pharma to other districts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra.
Gadkari s office informed that the minister has directed to distribute Remedesivir injections received through Mylan India and Sun Pharma to other districts of Vidarbha as well.
Remdesivir is considered a key anti-viral drug in the fight against COVID-19.
Earlier, the Centre on Sunday prohibited exports of injection Remdesivir and Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) till the COVID-19 situation in the country improves.
Gadkari directs Nagpur DC to distribute Remdesivir
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Gadkari flags off 90 ambulances for road accident victims
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These ambulances have been procured at a cost of Rs 18.63 crore.
The 90 basic care ambulances are for Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
As per road accident statistics, of the 415 deaths per day in India, about 40 per cent lives can be saved if basic medical treatment is made available in time, the statement said.
India accounts for about 5 lakh road accidents every year, one of the highest in the world, in which 1.5 lakh people die and another 3 lakh are crippled.