Mumbai: Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope mentioned on Wednesday (April 7) that the value of COVID-19 drug Remdesivir to be capped between Rs 1100-1400 per dose, citing the excessive quantity of each day consumption within the state,
Addressing a press convention over the COVID-19 state of affairs within the state on Wednesday, Maharashtra Health Minister mentioned, “The price of COVID19 drug Remdesivir to be capped between Rs 1100-1400 per dose. We need a high number of Remdesivir doses as 50,000 doses are consumed daily in the state.”
Rajesh Tope additional added, “We have a vaccine wastage rate of 3% in Maharashtra which is half of the national average vaccine wastage rate of 6 per cent.”
The Maharashtra Health Minister hinted on the chance of new strains of COVID-19 within the state as “some patients are showing behaviours other than routine ones.”
He mentioned, “New Strains are suspected because we are seeing other behaviours in COVID-19 patients than routine behaviours. Patients are also showing non-routine behaviours after the infection.”Â
“National Institute of Virology (NIV) is doing genomic sequencing of our samples. It is sending its report to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Now, NCDC will guide us about if any new protocol is to be followed for the treatment,” he added.Â
The state is presently consuming 50,000 doses of COVID-19 drug Remdesivir each day, however Maharashtra wants a better quantity of doses.
Earlier, he mentioned that Maharashtra is dealing with a vaccine scarcity and has requested 40 lakh doses each week from the Centre.
