Use suspended immediately following complaints Releasing a video-statement, Raigad Collector Nidhi Choudhari said that following complaints from patients in different hospitals, the district health authorities acted on them immediately. “On Wednesday, we had received around 510 vials of Remdesivir which were distributed among various hospitals for the patients. After the complaints of patients developing several side-effects, we acted immediately and stopped the use of all the doses,” said Choudhari and added that the situation is now under control and the condition of all the patients is stable. There is no cause for worry. 90 out of 130 patients developed side effects A district official said that out of a particular Hetero batch of its Remdesivir brand ‘Covifor’ injection, 130 patients were given the doses out of which a staggering 90 reported the side-effects, shaking the already-stressed local medical authorities. On learning of the matter, the FDA authorities in Mumbai immediately suspended the administration of Covifor and recalled its batches till the full details of the incident are examined by the concerned medical authorities.