Uddhav Thackeray led Maharashtra government on Saturday said, “The government has agreed to procure 10,000 vials of Remdesivir.”
Giving the update on the development, Rajesh Tope, Public Health Minister in Maharashtra Government in his series of tweets said, “GoM to procure 10k vials of Remdesivir. Based on evidence from laboratory, animal, and clinical studies, It has generated promising results in MERS-CoV and SARS which are also caused by a coronavirus.”
“WHO (World Health Organisation) suggests it may have some positive effects in Covid-19 treatment. This expensive medicine is being made available for poor & needy patients,” Tope tweeted.
