Remdesivir shortage: Centre urges doctors to prescribe vital drug only for severe patients who are on oxygen support

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Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan was quoted as saying that the centre had supplied 13.10 crore vaccine doses to the states and states had only utilised 11.4 crore doses so far leaving about 1.6 crore unused doses with them. With shortage of antiviral Remdesivir drug getting reported from several states, the central government has urged … Read more

Covid-19 drug shortage: How sudden spike in cases resulted in shortfall, consequent ban on Remdesivir exports

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The drug which was originally manufactured to treat the Ebola virus in the year 2014 has been used for other viral outbreaks including SARS and MERS. In addition to several states in the country reporting vaccine shortage, states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh Delhi, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh have also started reporting a shortage of antiviral drug … Read more