US supplies vaccine components enough to make 20 million Covishield doses to India
Providing raw materials for the production of anti-coronavirus vaccines was a major component of the Biden administration s announcement on medical aid to India
PTI | May 6, 2021 | Updated 08:18 IST
The US on Wednesday said the vaccine components it has supplied to India this week will enable the manufacturing of two crore doses of the Covishield vaccine even as the sixth shipment of American medical aid arrived as part of the Biden administration s assistance to the country s response to a rising number of COVID-19 cases.
The United States also sent a separate shipment of over 81,000 vials of Remdesivir injections that was delivered in Mumbai.
COVID-19: Delhi HC asks police to look into instances of politicians procuring, distributing Remdesivir
The high court was hearing a PIL seeking lodging of an FIR and CBI investigation into politicians being able to procure and distribute Remdesivir
PTI | May 4, 2021 | Updated 14:38 IST
The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the police to examine the instances of politicians allegedly procuring and distributing Remdesivir, used for treating COVID-19 patients, in the national capital and take steps for lodging of FIR in case of offence.
A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said the court was not inclined however to direct any enquiry proceedings by the CBI at this stage into these allegations.