Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel urges Centre to provide one week's Covid vaccine in advance

CM Baghel also urged the govt to reduce GST rate on medicines and devices used in the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who attended the Covid review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, has urged the Central government to provide one week's vaccine in advance to the state. CM Baghel also urged the govt to reduce GST rate on medicines and devices used in the treatment of Covid-19. This would put less economic burden on the corona infected patients during treatment, he said. CM Baghel also asked the government to provide continuous supply of Remdesivir injections, oxygen cylinders, setting up of four virology labs, one BSL-4 lab and infrastructure for 1000-bedded ICU in view of the present Covid situation in the state.