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COVID-19: Maharashtra livid at Centre's new rules for Remdesivir quotas
Updated On: 22 April, 2021 12:50 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Taking umbrage at being allotted only 26,000 injections daily, Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said that considering the serious Covid-19 situation in the state, the Centre should provide at least 50,000 vials daily to combat the scourge.

Vials of the drug remdesivir displayed during a press conference, at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg. Pic/AFP
The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has slammed the Centre over its new allocation norms for the critical Remdesivir injections by allotting Maharashtra just 26 thousand vials per day against the state's requirement of at least 50 thousand daily.
Taking umbrage at being allotted only 26,000 injections daily, Minorities Affairs Minister Nawab Malik said that considering the serious Covid-19 situation in the state, the Centre should provide at least 50,000 vials daily to combat the scourge.
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