Two persons arrested for ‘black marketing’ of Remdesivir injections
The Hindu
Drugs control officials conduct a decoy operation; six injections seized from the accused
The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) officials caught two persons on charge of black marketing of Remdesivir injections, in a decoy operation, at MVP Colony here on Friday evening. Drugs Inspector (Vigilance) D. Suneeta, posing as a patient’s relative in need of Remdesivir injections, made a call to a phone number obtained from another patient’s relative. Suresh, who answered the call, gave the number of Rakesh. When Ms. Suneeta contacted Rakesh over the phone, he told that he has six Remdesivir injections and the price was ₹35,000 per vial (₹2,10,000 for six vials).More Related News
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