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Remdesivir hoarder tests Covid positive in police custody
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Kanpur : , April 19 (IANS) Prashant Shukla, one of the three arrested with 265 vials of Remdesivir last week, has tested positive for Covid-19.
The police had arrested Prashant and two others, including Mohan Soni and Haryana resident Sachin Kumar, on charges of black marketing of Remdesivir vials.
As per protocol, the accused were tested after being arrested. Prashant, one among them tested positive for the virus. As a precautionary measure, we have asked our men to undergo Covid test, said ACP Vikas Kumar Pandey.
Prashant Shukla, one of the three arrested with 265 vials of Remdesivir last week, has tested positive for Covid-19. The police had arrested Prashant and two others, including Mohan Soni and Haryana resident Sachin Kumar, on charges of black marketing of Remdesivir vials. As per protocol, the accused were tested after being arrested. Prashant, one among them tested positive for the virus. As a precautionary measure, we have asked our men to undergo Covid test, said ACP Vikas Kumar Pandey. The police official said, Once we received the test results of the accused, we immediately shifted him to a Covid care facility.
The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to invoke the provisions of stringent National Security Act (NSA) against three persons who were arrested in Kanpur, carrying 265 Remdesivir injection vials. The state government has instructed police to act tough against people who are black-marketing Covid-19 medicines, said a government spokesman. Police commissioner Asim Arun said that no illegal activity would be tolerated in this time of crisis and would invite strictest punishment. It is a crime against humanity and we will invoke NSA against the three persons arrested with Remdesivir injections on Thursday, he said. He further said that the state government was fully committed to facilitating easy availability of vials and other Covid-related medicines to its people.