Remdesivir production: Modi government approves 25 new manufacturing sites, production to soon go up to 3 lakh vials/day

In the fight against Covid 19, the Modi government has decided to ramp up Remdesivir production.  The government informed that it has approved 25 new manufacturing sites for Remdesivir's production.  

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The information was shared by Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya on Twitter.   

He tweeted, “Production capacity is now ramped up to ≥90 lakhs vials per month, earlier it was 40 lakhs vials/month. Very soon, 3 lakh vial/day will be produced . Monitoring is being done on daily basis. We would not leave any stone unturned to supply Remdesivir.”   

India has been facing shortage of oxygen and one of the key medicines for Covid 19.  

On Friday, 3.46 lakh Covid 19 cases were detected in India in a single day. It was also its highest coronavirus tally in a day.  

Earlier, Russia had offered to supply both medical oxygen and Remdesivir medicine to India and the imports are set to begin in 15 days, as per a report by Economic Times. Russia is said to have stated that it can supply three to four lakh doses of Remdesivir per week to India, and the numbers can go up higher as well. This comes in the wake of the government having already waived off the customs duty on the import of the antiviral drug.