Maharashtra Govt Should Curb Black Marketing Of Remdesivir: Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday slammed the state government for not curbing the black marketing of COVID-19 drug Remdesivir and the government should procure the drug from states where the coronavirus situation is under control.

He said that the Maharashtra government should stop doing politics on vaccines. “Uttar Pradesh has twice the population than Maharashtra and still gets fewer vaccines than Maharashtra,” he said.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said the state is facing a COVID-19 vaccine shortage and demanded 40 lakh doses every week from the Centre.

Maharashtra witnessed 55,469 new COVID-19 cases and 297 deaths on Wednesday – the highest by any state in India. The active number of cases in the state is 4,72,283. The death toll in the state has risen to 56,330.

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