Centre to discontinue Remdesivir allocations to states

The production of Remdesivir has surpassed the demand, the government will now discontinue the central allocation of the anti-viral drug to states. Union minister of state for chemicals and fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said Remdesivir production has been ramped up 10 times from 33,000 vials per day to 3.5 lakh vials per day between April 11 and May 29. Instead of 20 plants, now 60 plants are producing Remdesivir and all of this has contributed to the surplus production of the drug.

We have also increased the number of plants producing Remdesivir from just 20 to 60 plants within a month.
Now the country has enough #Remdesivir as the supply is much more than the demand.
So we have decided to DISCONTINUE the Central Allocation of Remdesivir to States. (2/3) pic.twitter.com/Xv73MgO8HD

— Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) May 29, 2021

During the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in April, there was an acute shortage of Remdesivir across the country. The drug, which is only to be used in severe cases were hoarded, black-marketed which too contributed to the shortage. To meet the domestic demand the export of Remdesivir was also prohibited on April 11. From the third week of April, the Centre started allocating Remdesivir to states. The overall Covid-19 situation of the country has stabilised in the past few days and on Saturday, the country recorded 1.73 lakh fresh Covid-19 infection, the lowest in the last 45 days.