 "coronavirus treatment, covid-19, vaccine, covid medicines, remdesivir")
Production capacity of key antiviral injectable drug Remdesivir used to treat Covid-19 has been ramped up by more than three-times in the last few months to 12.249 million vials per month by June. The Centre is also trying to build an inventory or a buffer stock of this injectable before a third wave hits.
The drug was in short supply in April and May when the country was witnessing a massive second wave of infections, and manufacturers were in the middle of ramping up capacities.
In a response given in the Rajya Sabha, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Drugs Controller
