High Court Suggests Appointing Officers For Celebs Helping With Covid Drugs

The bench was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) on several issues related to containing the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said the state should consider appointing nodal officers to contact film stars and politicians who were helping citizens procure Remdesivir and other drugs required for the treatment of COVID-19. A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni also directed the Union government's counsel, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, to arrange for a meeting via video-conference between an official each of the Maharashtra government and the Centre to discuss the gap between the requirement and supply of Remdesivir in the state. The bench was hearing a bunch of public interest litigations (PILs) on several issues related to containing the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state authorities told the bench that while Maharashtra's requirement was of 70,000 vials of Remdesivir per day, it had received only 45,000 vials per day so far.